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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... slaves from Portugal's various outposts on that continent . The Africans brought to Brazil as slaves were as ethnically varied as the Portuguese themselves and spoke a variety of languages . The indigenous populations of Brazil ...
... slavery from the Western Hemisphere . Brazil had been under severe pressure to abolish slavery for years , and the British were among the most intense proponents of abolition . Pedro II him- self was opposed to slavery and freed his own ...
... slaves , a variety of religious practices of African origin survived . Originally confined largely to the northeast coast ( where most slaves entered Brazil and where the population of African origin is highest ) , these rituals have ...
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Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
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