Is it true that Brazil has a single ethnic composition and a distinctive Latin American culture?

There are significant racial and cultural differences in Brazil. Most residents in the south are of European descent, which can be traced back to immigrants from Italy, Germany, Poland, Spain, Ukraine and Portugal at the beginning of the19th century. Some residents in the north and northeast are locals and some are of European or African descent. The southeast region is the most widely distributed region of Brazilian nationalities. There are mainly white (mainly Portuguese and Italian descendants) hybrids, African-Brazilian hybrids, Asians and Indians in this area. Throughout Brazil, Brazilians, Portuguese and Africans are often mixed together. /kloc-in the 0 th and 9 th centuries, Asian and European immigrants began to be stimulated. Germans began to come here in 18 18, Italians in 1875, Spaniards in 1880, and Japanese, Syrians and Lebanese began to come here one after another in the early 20th century. 19 At the end of the 20th century, the biggest migration wave in Brazil occurred in the southeast, and Italians and Portuguese became the main components of this migration, because the slave liberation movement began at that time, and plantations and emerging Brazilian industries needed a lot of labor. There have been several major waves of migration in the history of Brazil. From 1884 to 1962, more than 4.97 million immigrants moved to Brazil, mainly from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Poland and Arab countries. Most yellow people come from Japan, South Korea and China. There are 6.5438+0.3 million Japanese and 250,000 China people in Brazil, mainly in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Due to historical reasons, the ethnic composition of the Brazilian population is very complicated. The Atlantic coast is densely populated and the inland areas are scarce. There are significant racial and cultural differences. According to the data of 20 10, 47.3% of the Brazilian population is white, 43. 1% is mixed-race, 7.6% is black, 2. 1% is Asian, and the rest is a few Indians. The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. The mixed-race population and the black population are growing rapidly. In Brazil, people of different races and colors live together, forming a colorful picture. Indians are the earliest inhabitants of Brazil. Since16th century, immigrants from European countries such as Portugal, Spain, Italy and Germany have entered Brazil. With the rise of plantations and mining in Brazil, starting from 1532, Portugal began to traffic slaves from Africa to Brazil. /kloc-After the 9th century, some China and Japanese immigrated to Brazil. Therefore, some people in Brazil are called melting pots.

historical geography