Culture and Customs of BrazilBloomsbury Academic, 30. juuni 2003 - 195 pages Race, religion, language, culture, and national character are full of contradictions. Brazil, the largest country in South America, embodies so much paradox that it defies neat description. This book will help students and general readers dispel stereotypes of Brazil and begin to understand what country's bigness means in terms of its land, people, history, society, and cultural expressions. |
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... Church remained relatively weak up until independence in 1822 , and during the reign of Pedro II ( 1840-1889 ) it was weakened further when he refused to publish a papal encyclical denouncing the Masonic Order . When some Brazilian ...
... Church regularly , and contribute to the works of the Church . Many are also actively involved in education . Perhaps the puritanism involved in some Protestant denominations has ap- peal to Brazilians because they think that if they ...
... churches were chafarizes ( public fountains ) , which might be erected near a church but were often in public squares or at intersections of major streets . Many of these fountains can still be found in small towns in Minas , examples ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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