Brazilian+Culture

Brazilian Culture ==The Brazilian population can be broken down into four groups: the indigenous Indians; the Portuguese, who began colonizing in the sixteenth century an who again came in large numbers after their own "revolution in the 1970s; Africans, who were brought as slaves to work on the plantations and in the mines; and the various European, Middle Eastern, and Asian immigrants, who have settled since the middle of the nineteenth century. ==
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== Brazil is becoming very urbanized as 86% of its population live in urban areas. Sao Paulo is the 6th most populated country in the world with 11,037,593 people. Rio de Janeiro is 26th with 6,186,710 people.Because of the country's background, Brazil speaks predominantly Portuguese. ==

== 74% of Brazilians are catholic and 15% are protestant. The remaining are spiritualist, bantu/voodoo, other, unspecified, or do not practice any religion. ==

==Poverty is an issue in Brazil. Those in poverty live in slums or shanty towns called Favelas. These towns develop as a result of Brazil's unequal distribution of wealth. These favelas are usually controlled by drug cartels and gangs who act as the governing body for the whole favela. They often consist of buildings with poor infrastructure and illegally tapped electricity. ==

==Rio Carnival happens once every year in Brazil. It is considered to be one of the biggest Carnival celebrations in all of the world. Samba schools are large social groups with thousands of members. These schools dance to the samba on the streets in large parades. This celebration attracts millions of tourists to come watch .==

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