Brazil festivals and   Gabriel Alarcón Alarcón 

celebrations 
Independen
ce day 

• it is celebrated on September 7,
one thousand eight hundred 
twenty two
• It was a battle against Portugal

• the battle lasted four years

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 Rio de Janeiro's carnival

• The Rio Carnival is one of the world’s most

famous festivals
• it is celebrated for five days
• It is considered the largest carnival in the
world with 2 million people per day
• Samba is the most representative dance
during this celebration
• Another attraction is the float parade

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 Yemanja celebration

• It is a wonderful event in Salvador

Bahia
• It is a tribute to the goddess of the sea
• the event is early February of each
year
• hundreds of women in traditional
costumes arrive at the celebration

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 Nazare candle

• the most important religious festival in brazil

• It is the second Sunday of October of each
year
• It is celebrated along the Amazon River in
the city of Belem
• the festival revolves around the statue of our
lady of nazareth

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 Cowboy festival
• it's a popular celebration 60 years ago
• It is celebrated throughout Brazil mainly in
cities like Maraba Urebeba and Barretos
• the festival features bulls and rodeo
horses
• it is celebrated every August with thirty-
five thousand spectators
• the most important thing about the
festival is the rodeo showdown
Thank you