Brazil’s CultureA Multicultural Society- Unit 10

Review: What is culture?

What is culture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57KW6RO8Rcs

Dance

Traditions

Music

Foods

Language

Religion

A Blend of Many Cultures

Brazilians culture includes:

European, African, Asian, and Indian influence.

Why are they a blend of cultures and not just Brazilian?

Brazils Official Language: Portuguese

Religions: Roman Catholic and Candromble, which is a mix of African and Catholic religious practices.

A Diverse Population

Native Brazilians Around 6 million Indians lived in

Brazil before the Portuguese arrived. Today, only 700,000 Indians live in Brazil in the Amazon Rainforest

The Brazil government set up reservations to protect the Indians in the Amazon, but as more people use resources from the rainforest, more tribes are at risk.

What other event in history does this sound like?

Africans

After slavery ended, slaves escaped to northern regions similar to the living conditions in Africa and set up quilombos, an African word for housing.

African’s created the national food, feijoada a bean stew, and also had an influence in the arts and music of Brazil.

A Diverse Population

Europeans

Brazil was viewed as a place of wealth by Europeans. This made many Europeans want to move to invest in the coffee industry.

Most people of European ancestry live in the Southern part of the country

Asians

Many Japanese immigrants began coming over to Brazil to work on the coffee or tea farms.

After World War II, more Japanese immigrants came over. Today, Brazil has the largest Japanese population other than Japan.

Architecture and ArtA blend of modern and traditional cultures

Traditional Art- Pottery, baskets, and jewelry.

MusicBrazilian music is a blend of African, European,

and Indian cultures.Samba- most famous form of Brazilian music

Cuica- a friction drum to create samba rhythmsSamba!

Dancelink

Bossa Nova- a mix of the samba beat with the sounds of jazz

Samba- Reggae- a popular form of music based on African drum traditions

Capoeira- a combination of dance and martial arts created during slavery in Brazil by the African slaves.

Bossa Nova!

CarnivalEvery year for four days before the season of Lent, the holiday combines a

Roman Catholic festival with several African celebrations and includes parades and street parties

Carnival

Recreational SportsSwimming, going to the beach, and SOCCER!

Sports

Now its your turn….

Create a one paragraph (5-7 sentences) history about your own culture.

You can write it in the form of a letter, a story or a poem.

Think of what your life is like: What foods do you eat, what traditions do you have, what sports do you play, etc.

The goal is that you inform future generations of your family about your own cultural customs today!

Illustrate with a picture.

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Story Telling

Question: How is story telling important to your

culture?

Think of stories that your own family members

might have told you that were passed down from

generation to generation.