Brazilian Culture

By living in the United States, most of us can witness the cultural differences everyday. From Europe to Mexico and Swedish culture, Americans can see it all and listen to it and even taste it. But we do not always pay close attention to other cultures - sometimes they only cross our way. However, understanding other cultural knowledge is still important to us. There are many cultures worth learning was the culture of Brazil. Brazilian culture is so rich and diverse that it is probably one of the most interesting cultures.

Brazilian carnival is an important part of Brazilian culture. It is sometimes called "the best performer on earth" by the Brazilians. Brazilian historians officially acknowledged the performance of the first real carnival of this Brazilian festival. It is a prestigious public road very similar to the music parade celebrated by Rio de Janeiro, John IV in Portugal in 1614. Samba School is a large social organization with thousands of members and songs and parades themed annually. At Rio Carnival, Sambadrome's Samba School parade (Portuguese sambódromo). Among the most famous are GRESEstação Primmeirade Mangueira, GRES Portela, GRES Imperatriz Leopoldinense, GRES Beija - Florde Nilópolis, GRES Mocidade Independent de Padre Miguel, and nearest Unidos da Tijuca and GRESUni aoda Ilha do Governador. Local tourists purchase samba costumes and pay $ 500 to $ 950 to dance in the parade (depending on costumes).

Samba music is the main topic of Vianna, but that means that it is a symbol of Brazilian culture: "Since Samba is a mystery that is the core of Brazilian pop music, ethnic mix is ​​a social philosophy of Brazil It is the mystery that becomes the core of (Vianna 12). Peter Frye pointed out an interesting question about why Samba, the lower class music, was chosen as the symbol of the state. "When converting a symbol of the country to a symbol of the country, the situation of racial discrimination is obscured and it becomes particularly difficult to discover" (Fianna 13). Therefore, according to the authors' view, Samba was promoted to hide the horrifying truth of Brazilian racial discrimination.