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' Brazilian National Anthem ') [1] [6] National bird: Sabiá-laranjeira (Turdus rufiventris), the rufous-bellied thrush [7] National tree: Pau-brasil (Paubrasilia echinata), the brazilwood [8] National floral emblem: There is no official decree designating a National Flower of Brazil
Iemanjá – the Afro-Brazilian sea goddess worshiped in umbanda, candomblé and another Afro-Brazilian religions. Jaci / Jasy – Tupi-Guarani goddess of the moon, capable of turning people into stars or mermaids. Jurupari – a god limited to worship by men, considered a devil by the Jesuits. Lobisomem – the Brazilian version of the werewolf.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... National symbols of Brazil (4 C, 13 P) ... Pages in category "Culture of Brazil"
One of the most important elements in Brazilian business culture is personal relationships." [151] Brazilians maintain a comfortable business atmosphere by being respectful and using the correct greeting. Upon greeting, Brazilians often express themselves physically. Women usually kiss the other individual on both cheeks and men give a pat on ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of Brazil (6 C, 27 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Brazil" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The coat of arms of Brazil (Portuguese: Brasão de Armas do Brasil) was created on 19 November 1889, four days after Brazil became a republic. It consists of the central emblem surrounded by coffee ( Coffea arabica , at the left) and tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum , at the right) branches, which were important crops in Brazil at that time.
What Brazilian art then became was a mix of some important achievements of the Moderns, meaning freedom from the strict academic agenda, with more conventional traits, giving birth in the following generation to a moderate Modernism, best exemplified by painter Cândido Portinari, who was something like the official painter of the Brazilian ...
The African culture brought by slaves to Brazil slowly mixed with the Indigenous American and European culture. In the large urban centers such as Rio de Janeiro , where the African-slave population was the most concentrated, the Colonial regime enforced a social control system to suppress the rising population.