Tell us something about the customs in Brazil.

Speaking of Brazil, people will naturally see those Brazilian players proud and healthy in the World Cup; It will be associated with a Brazilian girl wearing strange clothes at the carnival; The fast-paced samba music rings in my ears, and the smell of barbecue seems to float in the air ... Indeed, Brazil's football, carnival, samba dance and barbecue have long been famous in the world, and people can appreciate Brazil's unique and rich national customs more or less.

However, when you live in this country for a long time, you will find that there are more colorful Brazilian customs in this hot land. Brazil is located in the east of South America, bordering all South American countries except Chile and Ecuador. Brazil has a land area of more than 8.5 million square kilometers, accounting for about 46% of the total area of South America. It is the fifth largest country in the world, next only to Russia, Canada, China and the United States. The Amazon River is more than 6,700 kilometers long and runs through northern Brazil. There are large areas of Amazon rainforest on both sides of the river. In the west, there is Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world, where millions of crocodiles and hundreds of millions of migratory birds live. Close to the Atlantic Ocean in the east, beautiful beaches can be seen everywhere on the 8400-kilometer coastline. The Central Plateau is the largest savanna area in the world, with more than 6,543.8+billion hectares of undeveloped land, which is called Brazil's "future granary".

500 years ago, the Portuguese fleet led by Cabral, a navigator, drifted to Bahia state on the central coast of Brazil on the way to India, and thus discovered and occupied the Brazilian mainland. After more than 300 years of colonial rule in Portugal, a large number of Brazilian mahogany, gold, coffee, sugar, etc. were plundered to Europe and became the raw material producing areas in Europe. 1822 Brazil declared its independence from Portugal. 1889, Brazil established a federal republic. After the 20th century, Brazil's economy developed rapidly, and the national economic strength has now jumped to the world's 10.

Indians are the indigenous peoples of Brazil. Before the Portuguese discovered Brazil, there were about two or three million indigenous Indians living on the Brazilian mainland. At present, there are only 350,000 Indians, who are distributed in 56 1 tribe and speak more than 70 dialects. Most Indians still live in the Amazon jungle and live an isolated life.

In history, there have been several big migration waves in Brazil. In addition to a large number of African slaves being sold to work in Brazilian plantations during the colonial period, 4.97 million European and Arab immigrants moved to Brazil during the period of 1884- 1962, mainly Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, German, Polish-Israeli and Arab. Since the end of19th century, immigrants from Asia and the Middle East have been increasing. At present, there are 1.3 million Japanese immigrants and descendants in Brazil, and about 250,000 Chinese. In the process of long-term intermarriage, the population and ethnic composition of Brazil have undergone fundamental changes. Brazil's population is 1.64 billion (1.999), ranking first in Latin America and fifth in the world, of which 55.2% are white, 38.2% are mulatto, 6% are black, 0.4% are yellow and 0.2% are Indian.

Brazil's unique immigration process and immigrant marriage have created Brazil's unique culture. Brazilian culture has the simplicity of indigenous Indians, the enthusiasm of Africans and the solemnity of Europeans. But it is not a simple copy of European culture, African culture or Indian culture, but an open culture, which has gradually formed its own unique culture in the process of eclecticism.

In Brazil, you can taste all kinds of delicious food: barbecue in the southern pasture, stew pot in the central mountainous area, seafood chowder in the northeast, boiled fresh fish in the Amazon area in the north, and mixed boiled bean rice eaten by slaves in the past. These unique Brazilian dishes have more or less traces of foreign cultural influence: the stew pot bears the imprint of Portuguese cooking style, the seafood chowder is mixed with spices that Africans like, and the boiled fresh fish has the tradition of indigenous Indians. In addition, immigrants from all over the world bring authentic ethnic dishes, and you can taste authentic French cuisine, pasta, Korean barbecue, Japanese cuisine, China cuisine and antique Arabic cuisine. ...

Brazilians are passionate, cheerful and simple. In communication with Brazilians, you will never feel cold and excluded. You can talk with Brazilians easily and even become bosom friends soon. At the same time, you can feel the naughty vitality and free and loose habits of Brazilians.

Brazilians like to spend weekends with friends and family. On every leisure day, you can see Brazilians sitting around bars, swimming pools and beaches, eating barbecue and cooking beans, drinking beer, chatting all day and all night, and playing the piano and singing. Brazil is very lively and likes singing and dancing. At various concerts held in Brazil, the audience can never sit still and hold their breath. As long as the music plays, the audience will dance wildly with the rhythm of the music and the singing of the actors. Samba, country music and rock music are all Brazilian favorite music.

Brazil is also a big religious country. In addition to Catholicism, there are Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Kandonglai in Africa. There are Gothic churches, mosques with domes, temples with red walls and cornices. Brazilians are devout believers, and every time they meet religious festivals, thousands of believers will come out. Of course, Catholicism has the greatest influence and the largest number of believers in Brazil. More than 80% people in this country believe in Catholicism. So the pattern of each town is planned around the cathedral. In ancient cities such as Black Gold City, olinda, Fortaleza, Recife, there is a church in almost every block, and El Salvador is the most. It is said that there are as many as 366 churches there. If you want to worship in different churches every day, just walk once a year, even in leap years. In Palaysi da, Sao Paulo, there is a church called the largest in the world. This church can accommodate tens of thousands of believers, and the square outside the church can accommodate hundreds of thousands of worshippers and can park thousands of coaches.

Brazil has a vast territory and rich products, which has created Brazil's unique national customs. It has a strong tropical style and a romantic tone of strong affinity. A foreign philosopher once said, "The longer you live in China, the more you like China people." . I think Brazilians have the same affinity as China people. Do you believe that the longer you spend with Brazilians, the more you will like this country and its people?