What ethnic groups are there in Brazil?

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.

So throughout Brazil, Brazilians, Portuguese and Africans began to mix together frequently. Indians who once lived in this area have obvious cultural characteristics of this area, such as black and white mottling is considered safe by the Portuguese, and

A member of the Kabala people in southern Brazil.

At first, it began to affect more people, and then it caused a disaster. They began to attack and destroy the village inside. 1532, since the establishment of St. Vincent, the Portuguese began to come here as colonists. Due to the development of mining industry in the18th century, the kings of Portuguese states began to come here one after another, as well as slaves from Angola and Mina in Africa, all of whom belonged to African aborigines. From the first year of colonial rule, the proportion of blacks began to increase greatly.

/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.

Ethnic composition of the population

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. Among them, whites account for 49.4%, mixed-race population accounts for 42.3%, African-Americans account for 7.4%, Asians account for 0.5%, aborigines account for about 0.5%, and Indians account for less than 1%. The mixed-race population and 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.