In 1556, not long after the Portuguese first set foot in Brazil, the Bishop Pero Fernandes Sardinha was shipwercked on its shores and set about introducing the gospel of Christ to the native “heathens”. The locals, impressed with the glorious civilization the bishop representated and eager to absorb it in its totality, promptly ate him.Thus was born Brazilian culture.

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Brasil

Brasilnature capoeira caipirinha amaz™nia beaches bras’lia ipanema violence candombl� carnaval feijoada rocinha soccer banana oscar niemeyer samba

corruption bahia sugar loaf favela s‹o paulo copacabana acaraj� funk oil guaran‡ coffee tom jobim mulata lemon bossa nova hate argentine carioca ronaldo corcovado palm trees summer iguassu falls

maracan‹ vinicius de moraes chita

capoeira

capoeira

martial art developed in Brazil by African slaves music time dictate the movementsatabaque, pandeiro, berimbau, floor drum...

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caipirinha

caipirinha

cacha�a sugar cane alcohol

sugar and lime+

or caju, strawberries, pineapple, kiwis, passion fruit...

beaches

beaches

you can stay at the beach until the sunset...it's the brazilian way of life!

soccer

soccer

}beach, society, field

copacabana

copacabana

wave patterned sidewalksblack and white portuguese stones

ipanema

ipanema

ÒThe Girl from IpanemaÓ the bar where Vinicius de Moraes & Tom Jobim wrote the famous song.

oscar niemeyer

oscar niemeyer

MAC museum of contemporary artBrasil's capital: Bras’liaCopan bild 50's, 60's modern architecture

sugar loaf

sugar loaf

reached via a modern 75 passenger gondola overlooking Guanabara Bay on a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean

a monolith of granite and quartz, 1,300 feet above sea level

carnaval

carnaval

carnaval

carnaval

carnaval

feijoada

feijoada

black beans cooked with bacon, pork sausage, cured beef and pork ribs

feijoada

black beans cooked with bacon, pork sausage, cured beef and pork ribs

+ white rice, collard greens, orange and farofa

rocinha

there's more than 50 favelas in Riothe bigest one is Rocinha

rocinha

there's more than 50 favelas in Riothe bigest one is Rocinha

corcovado

corcovado ÒChrist the RedeemerÓ

38 meters statue of Jesus opened in 1884 and refurbished in 1980accessed by car or train

guaran‡

guaran‡

central nervous system stimulants can be the water extracts of the guarana plant, due to the caffeine content.

amaz™nia

amaz™nia 7 million km2 represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests...

amaz™nia 7 million km2 represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests...

Brazil has 60% of the rainforest, but also in Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.

bras’lia

bras’lia

capital city of Brazil urban planning and daring architectureLœcio Costa: urban plannerOscar Niemeyer: chief architect Roberto Burle Marx: landscape designerbased on the ideas of Le Corbusier