Brazil Culture

I. INTRODUCTION Brazil is a land of diverse culture and people, due to being part of the former colonial empire belonging to Portugal. It is the only country in South America to have Portuguese as its national language instead of Spanish. Along with this colonization, Brazil would see a huge surge of culture from many immigrant populations that would appear over the centuries. A big part of this culture, however, would be cuisine. Brazil being a land of immigrants and colonist would become the largest country in South America stretching through many different regions of the continent, further diversifying their food culture. With so much food and culture that began to shape from the culture of immigrants of different origins, much Brazilian
Some of these immigrants end up settling down in the United States. There has been a very sparse migration history of Brazilians to the U.S. Recently Brazil has been seeing a large growth in its economy and political stability. Brazilians to the U.S. have brought their unique culture, diverse foods, and its wonderful hospitality to the U.S. to share and spread to a new land, similar to how the Portuguese colonist extended their culture to Brazil, along with the immigrants of many different nations that brought their customs to that country when it was still newly developing. Page 2 of
has been largely its introductions of new foods to the U.S. Brazil has many cultural dishes because of the many regions and cultures that can be found in the country. Brazil’s most famous dish that can be found in the U.S. is the Feijoada. One rumor is that Feijoada, Brazil’s national dish, was originally created by Slaves in Brazil and eventually became consumed by the masses, but this is not entirely true. Black beans originated in South America, but Europeans did use them in their own cuisines. Even the name, Feijoada, is of Portuguese origin. “Feijoada itself, is a derivation of European dishes like cassoulet, the Madrid cooked stew and the Portuguese Caldeirada. These recipes crossed the sea and came to Brazil, especially with the Portuguese” (Rose, 2013). The feijoada is a dish made from black beans, rice, and meat. Its origins lie in Northern Portugal and it found its way to Brazil and quickly became the national