An overview of Brazil

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As the fifth largest country in the world and the largest in Latin America, Brazil needs almost half of the subcontinent by occupying an area of 8.5 Million km². Brazil is a big land mass with some Islands and the Equator is crossing the country in the North.

His neighbours are in the North: French-Guiana, Suriname, Guiana, Venezuela and Colombia.

The borders to the west of Brazil include Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay. In the south there are Uruguay and Argentine.

With his 195 Million Citizens Brazil has nearly 22,5 inhabitants per km², almost the same as the U.S. with 32 inhabitants per km² and not so overpopulated as for example Germany in Europe, which has 229 Inhabitants per km².

The Music

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Brazil and its Music

The most basic influent music styles in Brazil are Samba and Bossa Nova. In the early 20s of the past century, some samba schools have been created to train to dance samba to a lot of  people not only for the Carnival.

For that time, the Samba got some variations but still is the most listen music in Brazil, before the Bossa Nova. The Bossa Nova rythm is very similar to the jazz , that was popular in the United States, in New Orleans and at the time of the glory twenties in New York.

The song called ‘The Girl from Ipanema’ was a chart breaker, not only in Brazil.<== Click here to hear brazilian Music ==> There are a lot more of music types you can hear in Brazil, that is the Pop Latino, Reggea brazil and much more, that also exists in other countries in South America.

The economy

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Brazils economy still doing well

Brazils economic efforts in the last decade are now seen in the numbers of goods that are export and a full employement rate. Read more about economic effects and strategies of this country in our economic section.

Although there have been some economic crisis in the past, Brazils economy was not going down a lot or collapsing. One man who is also responsible for the well doing economic part of the country is President Lula Da Silva.

Brazil’s economy is still on continous growth<== Click here to see the economic Special ==>the economic system is standing on a stabile, floating exchange rate, the inflation is low and more than other southamerican countries. Brazil looks to stabilize the fiscal policy and has implemented economic programsto increase private investment ans to control the tax situation, but the taxes are high.

Carnival time

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Carnival in Brazil

There´s a lot to talk about carnival in Brazil, but maybe better, you have a look  on the fotos and videos from the last years carnivals to get more of this feeling, the dancers and parades on the streets, that are from local samba schools in the big cities like Rio and Sao Paulo.

Maybe the carnival was born here and exported to other countries all over the world, but the most important and fascinating carnival you can find in the world is in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro.

The country is for almost a week, at day and night, in “festas”, party. The Carnival occurs 48 days before eastern, normally in February. Just in Rio de Janeiro, there have been counted about 5 Million spectators from all over the world. See more of this yearly event on our <== Click here to see Carnival in Rio ==> Site.

Travel to Brazil

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Discover Brazil

If you like nature, beaches, the white sand, surfing in the sea, snorkeling at fantastic reefs, lying in the sun and relax, having fun and enjoying a wonderful time, you have to make holidays in Brazil. The temperatures are at a moderate level most time of the year and sunshine invites you to have a great time in your holiday in Brazil.

There are beaches with white sand where you can snorkeling and see the most beautiful fishes of the sea, like at the red sea thats located in Egypt or in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. But of course, much more attractions and important places are to explore.

Take a seat and enjoy some <== Click here to see Brazil Holiday Fotos ==> from people, who have been to Brazil in holidays. Maybe you can spend your time and money in some days, weeks, months or even years in this beautiful country.

Soccer

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Can you imagine Brazil without football?

Like most latinamerican Countries, Brazil is proud about its football league and the stars they have and had like Ronaldinho, Kaka, Pele, Ronaldo, Socrates, Romario, Rivaldo that are or have been some of the best players in the world.

They gained five worldcups: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. In the year 2014, when the next FIFA Worldcup 2014 will be arranged in Brazil, the local team is the Top Favorit for the next champion.

Like Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are the two Clubs that have the most rivailty and the most fans and spectators in their derbys.

If you like to see more about the brazilian football, <== Click here for more Brazilian Fooftball ==>with videos of the brazilian Team.

Brazilian Kitchen

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Cooking in Brazil

The brazilian cooking is similar to the other southamerican countries and relies on various  traditions that were influenced from theformer inmigrants that mostly came from europe, and there from Germany, Itlay, Spain and of course Portugal. But also the african inmigrants influenced the cooking in Brazil.

Also it depends where you are, for expample at the beach sides in Brazil you can find a lot of diferent dishes that where made out of fishes and other great food from the sea. If you like, you can also find some beef and pork. Brazil has due to the climate also a lot of fruits on their dishes like pineapple, papaya, mango and passionfruit.

Very rich ingredients of vitamines you cannot find easily in countries of the northern world, just in some expensive supermarkets. Also the avocado hass, that is very popular in the U.S. can be found in this beautiful country.

Due to the european influences peopla also like to eat potatoas and pastas like Gnocchi, Spaghetti, Lasagna and Farfalle, that are originally from Italy. A typical Brazilian meal is Feijoada, that is made of a stew of beans with pork and beef.

Also rice and beans are often used in the brazilian kitchen to make a Bobo de Camarao. Salgadinhos are somtehing like the Mexican tapas, you can make a breakfeast with them or for use with sauces.

The Pastel from brazil are influenced from german inmigrants, and taste very well as milk rice with Noun. Also Empanadas like in Spain are available, they are similar to the mexican Tacos and have cheese, chicken, pork or just vegetables for vegetarians inside.

Like italians love to make Pizza, there exist various forms. Also there is an influence from the asiatic kitchen notable mostly in the bigger cities like Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo. Some japanese and chinese Restaurants offer their typical food with rice and a lot of varieties of chicken, pork and meat.