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(open list! other brazilians feel welcome to suggest interesting stuff at my worldoftext. I'll add credits too!)
Geography
- the rightful land of capybaras, caimans and huge anacondas!
- 5 biomes: cerrado (savannah), caatinga, amazon, mata atlântica (atlantic forest), pantanal and pampa
- many different soils and climates, so it can produce a great variety of crops. Agricultural exports include sugarcane, latex, coffee, cocoa beans, cotton, soybeans, rice, and tropical fruits
- South America's most industrial nation, producing chemicals, steel, aircraft, and cars
- it often snows in winter in some areas (southern brazil)
- the Amazon basin does not encompass all the Amazon biome; it stretches further south and southeast
- the Amazon biome actually contains the Amazon rainforest and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east, and within more than 3,000 indigenous lands
- Personally I don't like the idea to translate 'Caatinga' to any other name out there for it is an unique biome you won't find in any other place in the world. It comes from the Tupi word ka'atinga, meaning 'white forest' or 'white vegetation' (ka'a = forest, vegetation, tinga = white)
- Pantanal quietly boasts the highest concentration of wildlife on the continent but capitalism is already doing its job to kill and destroy it
- The Brazilian Highlands are made up of 'low' mountains and plateaus that rise to an average elevation of 1,006 meters (3,300 feet)
- The diversity of animal life in the Amazon rain forest is unsurpassed in the rest of the world
- This video exemplifies what's currently at stake here and consequentially in the world
History
- Genocide against indigenous peoples happens to this day due to large estates and agribusiness
- Brazil was added to the map of the world during the great European explorations in the late 15th century led by Portugal and Spain
- In 1500 when Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet - or should I say armada - arrived here there were already hundreds of thousands of indigenous people living in coastal areas, some of them fighting their own wars meanwhile going in on their own religious pilgrimage
- The Portuguese first named Brazil 'Land of Vera Cruz', while the fleet only stayed for about ten days before heading to India
- Although the entire country was home to about 30 million Amerindians already
- Anthropophagy was largely spread amongst Tupi 'tribes' (we much prefer calling them people, language family or aldeias) and some non-Tupi as well
- The plantation system was, unfortunately, first lead by the portuguese in Brazil, and then followed by other european nations
- Ailton Krenak is one of the soaring voices out there fighting for the right of the land and against climate change
- We've got our own cowboys, the names vary depending on the region they are located
- The death of Ayrton Senna still haunts us today
- Oscar Niemeyer is considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture in Brazil and in the world. Highly influenced by Soviet Futurism, his work evolves exploration of reinforced concrete and a strong signature for a better future
- The first brazilian library to become public was the Biblioteca Pública do Estado da Bahia (BA) in 1811, three years prior to the opening of the Royal Library in Rio de Janeiro to the public
- The first library, however, dates back to 1582, also in Bahia, considered the first monastic library in the country
- September 7th is our Independence Day, commonly called Sete de Setembro ([ˈsɛtʃi dʒi seˈtẽbɾu], 'Seven of September'), considered a national holiday. The date celebrates our Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1822)