Brazil

=(Welcome to Brazil) //Brazil // = ​ Brazil's Pysical Features: 

Brazil is located in South America and it is the largest country in that continent. It's capital city is Brasilia and it's major cities are Sao Paulo,Rio de Janeiro,Recife,Salvador,and Belo Horizonte. Brazil is in the western hemisphere and what borders it is the Atlantic Ocean from the East,Uruguay from the South,Paraguay from the South West,Guiana,Venezuela,and Surinam from the North. The population in Brazil is 164 million.


 * // Fauna: //** Brazil has the biggest rain forest in the world. most of the animals that live there are monkeys, ant eaters, sloths, parrots, snakes, deers, and thousand types of insects.

//**Flora:**// They have lots of nut trees, palm trees, and rubber trees when the weather is steamy. In the dry Northeast you can find lots of cactus, thorn bushes, and scrub bushes. You can find thick grasslands on Brazil's wide plains when there is worm sunshine. In Brazil you can find lots of fruits and vegetables. Lots of lemon, potato, watermellon, coconut, bannanas, pineapples, guavas, oranges and more are grown in the summer. There are plenty of food in Brazil, but people still get hungry. In the country, some farmers are poor so they can't grow lots of fruit and vegetbles so they can't feed themselves and their families. But they are lucky that Brazil has lots of rain forests and jungles, so they can get their food from there.  Brazil's Food Recipes:

Most of the Brazilians love eating Pork, fish, beef, and lamp. But some people prefer to rubb salt into the meat and they would hang it in the sun to dry, Which is called "sun meat". Brazilians main food are beans and "manioc". Manioc: is a plant root, that is used to make flour and it can also be used to make tapioca for pudding. __Chicken Soup:__
 * Stewing chicken (5 pounds)
 * Half cup rice
 * 1 small clove garlic (crushed)
 * 1teaspoon chopped parsely
 * 2 quarters of water
 * Half small onion (chopped)
 * Half teaspoon of pepper
 * 1 teaspoon of chives or chopped green onion
 * 2 teaspoons of salt
 * 1 carrot (finely diced)
 * 1 small tomato (peeled, seeded, and chopped)
 * 1 spring mint (chopped)

Disjoint the chicken and cook it with water and salt for two hours, or until it's tender. Add rice, onion, carrot, garlic, and pepper. Cook until the rice is well cooked and the chicken is tender. Add finley cut-up tomatto.When almost done, for color, put in parsely, chives or chopped green onion, and mint, then it's ready to be served. Pieces of chicken maybe served in the soup plate or separatly.

__**Festivals:Holidays:Celebrations: **__ 
 * //Rio de Janeiro://** All year long, dancing schools in the city of "Reio de Janeiro" practice dances for the countries biggest carnival, just so they can bring life into there country (which is asoume!) This carnival happens each year in Febuary or March and all people where colorful and bright cloth. In the carnival they have huge peraids and play happy music. Other holidays in Brazil are alot like those in the United States. Most of the Brazilians celebrate Christmas and Easter each year.

<span style="color: #100d77; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 60%;"> They also celebrate another celebraition in Reio de janeiro, which is the celebration. Close to two million poeple gather for this celebration. (They say that it is the most spectacular New Years celebration in the world!) It begins on December 31in the evening and ends on January 1. It takes place in the Copacabana Beach, which incloudes live music, fireworks, and the muted "Candomble" religious cerimonies. **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">// Washing of the Steps of "Bonfim Church": // ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">On Thursday January 3 in the city of Salvador, there is an important religious ceremonie for women, where hundreds of women in traditional "Bahian" dress form a procession and they carry parfumed water to wash the church steps. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #370878; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">**// "Yemaja" the Goddess of the Sea: //** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 60%;">Brazillians belive in "Yemaja" the goddess of the sea. So, every year on Febrauary 2 in the city of Salvador they offer parfume, jewelry, and flowers to the sea, which is celebrated on the beach with music and food. The largest celebration takes place on Praia Vermalha.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Usally on Sundays in the city of Recife you can find adults and children dancing on the streets just to have fun.

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__**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Language **__ The main language in Brazil is "Portuguese". The Brazil and Portagul languages are a bit different. Some Brazillians speak Spanish, English, French, and Indidan languages.

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<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%; text-align: left;">The courency in Brazil ib the Real or as it is printed on the money, the Reais.

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 * // Greetings //**

Hello= Ola (OH-lah) Goodbye= Tchau (CHow) Please= Por Favor (Por-fah-Vor) Thankyou= Obrigado (Oh-Brih-Gah-DOH) One= Um (OOM) Two= Dois (DoYSH) Three= Tres (TRayZH) Brazil= Brasil (bra-ZILL)

//__ ** Architecture ** __//

In Brazil they have tall buldings but most of the people live in houses made out of wood called "Caboclo" from the amazons, and some live in small apartments with bussy streets. In the country Brazil rich families live in stonw or brick houses. Most of their roofs are red or orange-tiled roofs, to keep out the rain. Even thow they have lots of palm trees they barly use it for roofs. In Brazil they only have about one or two rooms. Many country people sleep in hanging beds wich are called"hammocks".

**// Daily Life //** In Brazil schools start at seven and ends after lunch. Most students wear uniforms of white shirts and dark pants or skirts to school. In Brazil they have a law which is children must go to school until they are 14 years old. The goverment in Brazil try to help people that can't afford going to school by putting lessons on the radio and the TV. The poor people in Brazil try to get money by shining shoes, clean windsheilds, sell food on the streets, or work on farms. Most of the children in Brazil go to private schools. Their parents are the people that have jobs, like working in offices, banks, or factories. And some own land or work as farmers. In Brazil there is a rich world and a poor world. In the poor world they have schools for "Self-Help", which started off with the poor families to make sure that their kids get some education. In Brazil they also have schools for adults because some adults left school early and so, they don't know how to read or write. Adult schools start in the eveing. All the people in Brazil love smiling and laughing. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> __//**MUSIC AND DANCES<span style="color: #002cff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> **//__ Music is also important to Brazilians, especially dancing. Some of the dances they love are the "Bossa-Nova", the "Lambada", and the "Somba". Most of the worlds famous dances come from Brazil. <span style="color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">** SPORTS<span style="color: #002cff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> ** In Brazil there are diffrent kinds of sports that they play. Soccer is one of their favorite pastime. It is one of the most popular sports. They play soccer, watch it on TV and lesson to it on the radio; they love it. Because soccer is very important to Brazilians, they attend soccer matches in very big stadiums. It is very famous in Brazl, and they play fotball to make a better life for themselves and their families. Brzilians call soccer "futebul". Another favorite Brazilian pastime is going to the beach. What they love doing their is jog, surf, swim, fly kites, and play volley ball.