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Cultural realms
Cultural realms
Brazil is in the South America cultural realm.
Local/Folk Culture
Local/Folk Culture
It’s the main festivity in Brazil which earned the distinction of being “The Greatest Show on Earth.” The Rio Carnival starts on Friday until Tuesday or just a day shy of Ash Wednesday, a significant Catholic tradition which signals the start of Lent.
Brazilian food has been heavily influenced by the Portuguese colonization of the 16th century, by slaves brought from Africa, and by indigenous peoples, as well as other European, South American, and Asian countries.
Traditional Brazilian Food: 12 Famous Dishes You Must Try - Rainforest Cruises
Brazil Ethnicity Pie chart
Brazil Ethnicity Pie chart
Monolingual
Monolingual
Portuguese is the official language as well as the most widely spoken language in Brazil. With roughly 204 million speakers, Brazil is the world's most populated Portuguese speaking country.
National Language
National Language
Brazil's national language is Portuguese.
Lingua Franca
Lingua Franca
The lingua franca of Brazil is Portuguese. Portuguese was the lingua franca of diplomatic and trade relations in areas like coastal Africa, portions of India, and even Japan.
Brazil Language Pie chart
Brazil Language Pie chart
Language tree
Language tree
Mapping Portuguese backwards starts with Portuguese then goes to Ibero-Romance, next is Gallo-Iberian, then Italic-Romance, and finally Indo-European.
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Brazil Religion Pie chart
Brazil Religion Pie chart
State/National Religion
State/National Religion
Brazil does not have an official religion and has not had since the Brazilian Republican Constitution was ratified in 1891.
Diffusion of Catholicism to Brazil
Diffusion of Catholicism to Brazil
The Church arrived with the Portuguese conquest in the sixteenth century and has since been the dominant religion. From 1500 to 1889, Catholicism was the official state religion. The Portuguese spread Catholicism through Brazil through missions.
Catholic Church in Brazil, The | Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School
Cultural Conflict
Cultural Conflict
An example of cultural conflict, specifically a reaction to cultural imperialism, in Brazil arose in the sixteenth century with the Portuguese colonizing Brazil. This conflict began on April 22, 1500, and ended in 1808 with the arrival of the royal family in Brazil.
The Portuguese created colonies for many different reasons which include, to trade for spices, gold, agricultural products, to create more markets for Portuguese goods, to spread Catholicism, and to "civilize" the natives of these distant places. The effect of this colonization was epidemic diseases, and the need for laborers in the growing sugar plantation economy resulted in war, enslavement, and depopulation.
This conflict was affected by geography because of the advantageous size and resources Brazil offered. In addition, the new world also known as the Americas had an abundance of unclaimed territory with a wealth of resources. These geographic advantages contributed to Portugal colonizing Brazil
History of Colonial Brazil - The Brazil Business
First Contact and Early Colonization of Brazil - Atlantic History - Oxford Bibliographies
The colonization of Brazil by Portugal resulted in the Brazil slave trade.
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