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What does Brazil and its people look like?? |
Travel Info I am just curious, pls let me know about your country... I heard that you dont need a passport when you go in Brazil for 90 days! So i hope that i am gonna visit there soon! Godspeed! Nie Travel Tips Well, Brazilians are nice and friendly in general. If you have not a friend, you make a friend, very easy in Brazil. In terms of appearance, a Brazilian may look like an european, oriental, african, indian (from India), and mixed. We are from different origins: portuguese, italian, german, jewish, arab, greek, russian, ukranian, polish, dutch among other europeans. Some of us, have japanese, korean or chinese origins. A few are native indigenous, and a lot are their descendants. Blacks and mixed black-white (mulatos), black-indian, white-indian, etc are the other brazilian etnic groups. According the Brazilian Institute of Statistics (IBGE), we are: * 53.7% white * 38.5% mixed race * 6.2% black * 0.5% Asian * 0.4% Amerindian * 0.7% unspecified Moreover, of these 53.7 % whites, most are portuguese, too many are italians, a lot are germans, other are jews and arabs, some russian, polishes or ukranian, besides the armenians, serbians, croatians, dutches, spanishes and a few other etnias. Many others, are mixed european-european whites. The best way to find brazilian people and see as we are is ORKUT, it is similar to myspace.com. Get a Google ID, visit the communities and see brazilians like we are, not, like the CNN tell you that we are... www.orkut.com: http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... http://www.orkut.com/community.aspx?cmm=... Brazilian economy and products: Source(s): Brazil produces and send to USA, European Community, Middle East and Japan these itens: - Transgenic plants and animals - Soy - Frozzen Chiken - Meat - Tractors - Sugar Cane - Orange - Coffe - Aluminium - Iron - Steel - Heavy components for nuclear plants - Oil (petroleum) - Ethanol - Cars - Motorcycles - Jet Skis - Yachts - Ships - OffShore Platforms - Sattelites - Firearms - Defense equipments - Airplanes - Fighters - Helicopters - Cameras - Electronics (TV, DVD, microwave stove, refrigerators, etc) - Computers - Softwares - Games - Books - Paper - Musical instruments (string, brass, percussion, pianos, etc) - Toys - Footwear (shoes and sandalls) - Wear (classic, street, surf, beach, etc) - Cosmetics - Lingerie - Bikinis - Fresh - Soda (Guaran谩) - Beer - Chocolate - Snacks - Industialized Food in general Remember: Brazilian economy is above 1 trillion dollars/year and we are among the 10 greatest GDP. Source(s): A list with a few itens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/brazil... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/category:co... Other Travel Tips I've only been to Rio de Janiero for a couple weeks, but I really enjoyed it. You did have to have a visa (at least when I went in '99) and passport. Most of the people there are really young (30's or younger), darker skin, dark brown or black hair, dark eyes. The boys play soccer (football) quite a bit and everyone I met was very friendly. We were there in the winter and even then it was pretty warm. We ate a lot of red beans and rice, and drank a lot of guarana. We also went to a restaurant where you eat 18 courses (it takes a few hours) and walked along the beach. Sugar Loaf and Corcovado give great views of the city and surrounding ocean area. I wasn't there long, but I really enjoyed it. You need a passport to go to Brazil and also a visa if you are an US citizen (I believe it's $140 for the visa). once you obtain the visa, u can stay up to 90 days there. I would recommend you to check the Brazilian consulate website to find out if you need a visa (I don't know your citizenship). As far as the people in Brazil, you will find good and bad people in all countries depending of the region and situation. If you travel to Rio de Janeiro, I would definitely recommend you to travel through a tour, since Rio is a very dangerous city and you could easily become a target. Other states are less violent. check out Porto Seguro, Bahia or Natal, or Fortaleza...beautiful white sand beaches, good food and entertainment. Overall, the country is beautiful and the people are very nice. just be aware that despite of it's beauty, Brazil is a country with a very high crime rate, so be careful and don't bring any jewerly or nice stuff. I hope this response is helpful. me....grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazilians are amazing people. Nice and good looking as well. Brazilian people is the result of different cultures mix. For example, I was born in Brasil but my grandparents on my mother's side were from Germany and Italy. from my father's side from Spain and Portugal. My Husband's mother is from Bulgary, and his father is from the northeast coast of Brasil. He has amazing blue eyes product of Holland's invasion. I believe that the Brazilians got very nice traits from each culture. Besides political, social and economical weakness, the Brazilian people smile, dance and welcome visitors best than anybody in the world. You should go there to see by yourself! yes you do need a valid passaport and a Visa to go to Brasil. Go to this web site for detailed information on how to get a visa to Brasil: http://www.brol.com/visa.asp This web site will also provide the best air fares: www.brol.com Have a great time there! Unlike changchunsciencemonitor said, Brazil is a multiracial country with people with lots of different skins, hair-colour and eye-colour. Only because the dark-skinned are the majority it does not mean that they are the only ones. EDITION Well, there aren't many Japaneses in Brazil, there are a lot of Brazilian of Japanese ancestry (right?). About 1 or 2% of the Brazilian population is of Asian ancestry. At one point in the beggining of the XXth century some of them decided to migrate to here. I'm not sure why, I think it was lack of land in Japan. |
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