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African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia Brazil written by Scott Ickes takes the reader into a history of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia and the cultural politics the state faced between the years of 1930 through 1954, a time period that the nation of Brazil was going through a major change; Getulio Vargas, with some help, turned the government into a dictatorship. The people of Bahia, especially the African-Brazilians, actively sought to change the narrative of the culture of Brazil. Ickes uses a number of events to help cultivate the narrative of the establishment of African-Brazilian culture, to be the regional identity of Bahia. Among these events included the employment of African-Bahian cultural practices such…
Following her husband’s death in 1689, with eight of her children still unmarried and living at home, Gluckel continued single-handedly to manage the family’s business affairs in Hamburg and at the trade fairs she attended in various cities. This is the focus of Book Five in Gluckel’s memoir’s, she mourns over her husband’s death, engages in the kiddish, and continues to read the Torah day and night. A major theme within Book Five is the aspect of a positive Jewish community along with Gluckel’s ability to conduct business transactions while constantly traveling and almost always being aided by fellow Jews from the city. Also, she appears to have been an active and equal partner in all decisions with both family affairs and business matters. As a result, when her husband was asked on his deathbed whether he wished to leave any final words, he replied, “I have no instructions, my wife, she knows everything. Let her do as she has done until now.” (p151).…
Brazil is a melting pot, the most authentic melting pot in the entire World. Brazilian culture is a mix of cultures from other parts of the world, it's impossible to talk about Brazilian culture without the influences…
Just how different and similar can the Brazilian and American cultures be? Brazil is located below the equator in South America, on the other hand, The United States of America is located above the equator in North America. Because of the difference in location, Brazil speaks Portuguese derived from Latin roots while Americans speak English derived from Germanic roots. Both cultures place emphasis in family. The American culture sees family as less important than a career. Americans have their twenty-four hour day divided to maximize work production, so even if they do have a forty hour week their work comes home with them. Brazilians put family and community first. Work hours are divided into morning and afternoon sessions. This allows for…
The people of Brazil are a direct product of the past, personal motives and social feelings have changed. This will be shown by various examples of race throughout the colonial era, the military period, and present Brazilian sentiments. Brazil uses the influences from the past to combat current issues. Brazilian Mosaic states that over three million slaves were brought to Brazil because of the slave trade, and no women were with the male settlers. This allows the start of one of Brazil’s most crucial disparities – the challenges because of skin color.…
Every country has unique, distinctive ways in which they interrelate and communicate with each other within their country. A country’s means of communication can be verbalized through verbal, non-verbal, and interpersonal communication channels. In the country of Brazil most people are not Hispanic but Latino, although many immigrant communities are from Europe, Africa, and Japan. The official language spoken in Brazil is Portuguese; however, Spanish, English, and French are other languages that are also spoken in Brazil.…
d. As the largest snake in the world, an average-sized anaconda can be 30 feet long and 550 pounds. Imagine five 10-year-olds lying down head to foot to match this extraordinary length. Also, to match its weight, it would take approximately eleven kids. Anacondas can be big around as a grown man.…
Good evening, for this discussion I choose to compare Brazil and United States of America. As it mentioned in the book, racial democracy is widely spread in Brazil than United States. However, still there are racial discrimination in both Countries. But Brazil least likely has racial discrimination than USA. Brazil refer race based on color and physical appearance, on the other hand United States refer race based on ancestry. In both countries lighter skinned African descent person have more advantage than darker skinned African descent. For instance, mulatto and darker skinned African descent. let say mulatto and darker skinned person had the same GPA and both had a job interview, a mulatto will more likely get the job than darker skinned…
Imagine thousands of colorful, sweet smelling flowers and the sound of insects and animals along with the soothing noise of a stream. This place is called Brazil. Brazil has all of these things and more including busy cities and huge forests. Let me tell you more about this wonderful place.…
For as long as there have been civilizations, people have separated themselves into groups. Most of the time into groups like: the have and the have not’s or us vs them. This has happened in Brazil between the upper and lower class. Brazil is a country with a very small to non-existent middle class, causing a huge gap between the two classes. This huge gap is causing the us versus them mentality or a we/they divide between the upper and lower class, based on a process of social categorization. The central hypothesis of the mentality is that group members of an in-group will seek to find the negative aspects of an out-group, thus enhancing their self-image. The in-group in Brazil is the upper class where as the lower class has been named the…
Brazil is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. And it is the fifth largest country of population and Portuguese as an official language. The music of Brazil has many regional music styles which was influenced by the African, European and Amerindian forms. During 500 years of history, Brazillian music developed a unique and original music, such as modinha, brega, frevo, funk carioca, maracatu, choro, trpicalia, gaucho pagoda, sertanejo, MPB, bossa nova, samba and new music like Heavy metal, Punk, rock, Soul, Techno, House music, Trance, rap, Classical music, Fado, Gospel and Valsa… We would like to introduce you some typical music in Brazil.…
Brazil is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world. Although the Roman Catholic Church is the dominant religion, it is important to note that Protestants and evangelical churches have a sizeable population. The other minor religions include African and indigenous traditional religions. In Brazil, religion and politics are intertwined in that most people often listen to the priests when deciding if they will vote for a certain candidate. [1]…
Brazil entered the new millennium mired in economic difficulties. Macroeconomic conditions will have a great influence on political stability, what kinds of laws are passed, the ability of businesses to succeed, the pace at which new technology is used, the availability of jobs, and on incomes, poverty and crime. Brazil is a constitutional republic of federated states, the federal districts, and territories. This present constitution was proclaimed in October 1988, replacing a 1969 document. The states of Brazil have their own government with the powers in all matters not specifically reserved for the Brazilian government. The 1988 constitution abolished the national Security Law, which had been used to stifle political disagreement; outlaws torture. The National Security Law provided for various forms of popular voting, initiatives, and referendums; forbids virtually all forms of censorship; guarantees privacy rights and extends the right to strike to all workers. The military retains its power to intervene in the political system to preserve law and order.…
All we want is to live our life without fearing that we may all die out. We are currently an endangered tribe. We grow crops, hunt game, and live our lives in the rainforest. That is all we want from the Amazon. Whenever we abandon an area after using it for crops, the trees grow back, so our way of life harms nobody and no thing. Our traditional lifestyle is very important to Brazil, and if we were to die out then our traditions would too.…
The shift of many Latin American nations away from liberal economic and political models, as well as away from European ideals began with changes in Latin American nationalism and culture and ended in economics. In the beginning of the 20th century many Latin American nations had cultural movements that were challenging the old ideas about racist positivism. In Mexico, there was a significant break with the old Diaz regime that created efforts to present the indigenous past as something to be proud of (Cohen). Nationalistic art grew with the Muralistas and Vasconselos's idea of the Cosmic Race embraced the mixing of all races. In Brazil an example of the break away from European ideals would be Sao Paulo's Modern Art Week in 1922 (Chasteen…