BRAZIL by Victoria Aguilera Romo https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw en-us 2020-08-11 16:50:26 UTC 2025-03-13 03:30:13 UTC hello@padlet.com a00232372 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675956496 2020-08-11 16:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675956496 Brazil is the largest country in South America. lorenagomezanaya https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675958349 2020-08-11 16:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675958349 Emiliano_Cornejo_200518 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675960338 The population in 2012 was around 194 million people.]]> 2020-08-11 16:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675960338 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675962291 The official language is Portuguese. ]]> 2020-08-11 16:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675962291 Around 60% of the Amazon Rainforest is located in Brazil a00232372 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675963590 2020-08-11 16:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675963590 Emiliano_Cornejo_200518 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675963624 2020-08-11 16:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675963624 The climate is tropical lorenagomezanaya https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675964256 2020-08-11 16:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675964256 Brazil has one of the largest economies in the world a00232372 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675964795 2020-08-11 16:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675964795 The name Brazil comes from a tree named Brazilwood lorenagomezanaya https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675965404 2020-08-11 16:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675965404 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675966999 The capital city is Brasilia. ]]> 2020-08-11 17:00:57 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675966999 In Brazil they drive on the right -hand side of the road lorenagomezanaya https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675967680 2020-08-11 17:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675967680 Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world by both land area and population a00232372 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675967733 2020-08-11 17:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675967733 Emiliano_Cornejo_200518 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675969629 Brazil was established on September 7, 1822]]> 2020-08-11 17:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675969629 a00232372 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675969991 2020-08-11 17:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675969991 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675974224 2020-08-11 17:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675974224 LORENA GOMEZ, ALFA MELING, EMILIANO CORNEJO, VICTORIA AGUILERA a00232372 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675975639 2020-08-11 17:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/675975639 Cultural differences: https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677428555
- Catholicism’s beliefs and practices tend to vary throughout this vast country particularly in rural areas where the Saints of the Church are honoured with a vow of pilgrimage.

- Social discrimination on the basis of skin colour is a common occurrence and, in general, people with darker brown skin are economically and socially disadvantaged.]]> 2020-08-12 16:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677428555 Music The music of Brazil encompasses various regional musical styles influenced by African, European and Amerindian forms. Samba has become the best known form of Brazilian music worldwide, especially because of the country's carnival. Emiliano_Cornejo_200518 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677435102 2020-08-12 16:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677435102 Taboos a00232383 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677436102 - Eating mango and milk together can cause you death.
- Although bikinis are very small, topless is kind of a taboo.
- Eating watermelon and wine will turn you into a rock.
]]> 2020-08-12 16:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677436102 FESTIVALS & TRADITIONS a00232372 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677438163 Rio Carnival the most famous carnival in the world]]> 2020-08-12 16:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677438163 Cultural Minorities a00232383 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677439745 - 50.7% Afro-Brazilians
- 43.1% pardo or mixed ethnicity
- 7.6%  preta or black
- 1.1% Asian (including Japanese, Chinese and Korean)
]]> 2020-08-12 16:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677439745 FESTIVALS & TRADITIONS a00232372 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677443753  Olinda & Recife Carnival- The locals take the streets]]> 2020-08-12 16:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677443753 Idiomatic expressions: https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677445912
1. Comprar gato por lebre

Literally: “to buy a cat thinking it was a rabbit”
Meaning: to be fooled

2. Fazer alguém de gato e sapato

Literally: “to make someone a cat and shoe”
Meaning: to play with someone’s emotions or humiliate them

3. Matar dois coelhos com uma tacada/cajadada só

Literally: “to kill two rabbits with just one shot”
Equivalent: “to kill two birds with one stone”



]]> 2020-08-12 16:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677445912 FESTIVALS & TRADITIONS a00232372 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677447809 Sao Paulo Gay Pride- the biggest and most extravagant gay pride parade in the world]]> 2020-08-12 16:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677447809 Sports Football is the most popular sport in Brazil. Other than football, sports like volleyball, mixed martial arts, basketball, tennis, and motor sports, especially Formula One, enjoy high levels of popularity. Emiliano_Cornejo_200518 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677447858 2020-08-12 16:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677447858 FESTIVALS & TRADITIONS a00232372 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677454016 Oktoberfest in Blumenau- German immigrants living in Blumenau, Brazil decided to host their own version of festival]]> 2020-08-12 16:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677454016 Literature Contemporary Brazilian literature is, on the whole, very much focused on city life and all its aspects: loneliness, violence, political issues and media control. Writers like Rubem Fonseca, Sérgio Sant'Anna have written important books with these themes in the 1970s. Emiliano_Cornejo_200518 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677458394 2020-08-12 16:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677458394 Cultural shock: https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677459418 The hand gesture that we use in the U.S. to say “OK” means something very different in Brazil. It’s actually worse than the middle finger. Use the thumbs up gesture instead. And when I say the “OK” sign I should note that it is the “OK” sign backwards that is the really bad way.]]> 2020-08-12 16:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677459418 Art The original inhabitants of the land, pre-Columbian Indian peoples, produced various forms of art; specific cultures like the Marajoara left sophisticated painted pottery. Emiliano_Cornejo_200518 https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677462441 2020-08-12 17:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/a00232372/icfffce4no9oziqw/wish/677462441