BRASIL

BY:Carlos santana,juan jose franco and sebastian ramirez

Location
Brazil is in the southern hemisphere
of planet Earth.exactly in southern
America
Brasil

 Capital: Brasilia
 Most populous city:Sao Paulo
 Official language:portuguese
 Currency:Real
National Celebrations

 February. The carnival. The Brazilian Carnival is the most important popular and
profane festival that is commemorated in the streets of the country.
 Fiestas de las Cavalhadas en Pirenópolis (Goías)
  Festividad de Tiradentes.
 Festividad de la Virgen Aparecida, Patrona de Brasil
  Aniversario de la Proclamación de la República.
Rio de Janeiro's carnival

 Carnival celebrations were brought to Brazil by Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch sailors
where they mixed with Afro-Brazilian culture, acquiring their special character, and are
associated with parades with floats, costumes, popular dances and excesses.1 Despite
Catholic inspiration, its European origins go back to a kind of carnival called introito and
entrudo in Portuguese, which is characterized by the game of throwing water from one
person to another to purify the body.
Origins

 The origin of its celebration seems likely to be in the pagan festivals, such as those held in
honor of Bacchus, the Roman god of chaos, the festival and wine, the Saturnalia and the
Roman lupercales, or those held in honor of the Apis bull in Egypt.
Music

 Samba:Originating in Bahia, but developed in Rio de Janeiro between the end of the 19th
century and the first years of the 20th century, samba is still one of the most popular
musical styles in Brazil. From intimate samba-canções (samba) sung in bars to explosive
drum parades held during carnival, samba always evokes a warm and vibrant atmosphere.
 Frevo:es una amplia gama de estilos musicales provenientes de Recife y Olinda,
Pernambuco, Brasil, todos los cuales están tradicionalmente asociados con el Carnaval
brasileño. Se dice que la palabra frevo viene de frever, un mal decir de la palabra
portuguesa ferver (hervir). Se dice que el sonido del frevo hará que los oyentes y bailarines
sientan como si estuvieran hirviendo en el suelo.