Category: Brazilian Culture

Being born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I was mainly brought up listening to the likes of Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Chico Buarque, amongst other prominent popular singers from the country. But...

I was speaking to my partner about how Brazilians born in Rio are called cariocas, and he told me that in France (he is French) this is a dance! I went on searching on Google and to my surprise,...

When I majored in History at university, the pre-Columbian civilizations have always fascinated me. The Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas in specific, since they were such powerful civilizations. Sometimes,...

I have been invited to quite a few Brazilian weddings and the way of dressing to it always varies widely according to the season, place (beach, venue, mountain), time of the day, and dress code...

While browsing on the internet a noticed most articles have the incorrect animal as being the symbol of Brazil. That led me to do a bit of research to try and understand why this was the case and I...

I have many foreign friends and when I exchange messages with them, I noticed the words to express laughter on the internet are usually few and particular to each country. In Brazil, however, we have...