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FUN BRAZIL FACTS

• • Brazil is the largest country in South America.

 • The name Brazil comes from a tree named brazilwood. 
• It is called Brasil in Portuguese, the official language spoken in Brazil. 
• Brazil is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese. 
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• • Brazil shares a border with all South American countries except for Chile and Ecuador. 
• The Amazon River flows through Brazil, it is the 2nd longest river in the world (after
the Nile).
 • Around 60% of the Amazon Rainforest is located in Brazil. 
• Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Brazil with the national team consistently
among the best in the world, winning the World Cup a record 5 times.
ABOUT MUSIC

• Music is one of the cornerstones of Brazil; genres like samba are synonymous with
Brazilian culture. The remarkable aspect of Brazilian music is that so many genres are
unique to the nation – bossa nova, samba, and sertanejo to name just a few. As well as
their own unique beats, some Brazilian musicians have borrowed other genres – rap and
pop for instance – and molded them into something distinctly Brazilian.
10 TRADITIONAL BRAZILIAN MUSIC GENRES
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 

-Samba. Originating from Africa, samba nowadays is the symbolic genre of Brazil, yet it
wasn't always this way. 
-Axé
-Choro.
-Sertanejo.
-Bossa nova. 
-Tropicália.
MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) -Forr