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  techwbb
  August 8th, 2009 at 6:53 am

  Breakfast is often bread and butter with strong coffee, drunk from a small glass rather than a mug.

  Lunch is the big meal of the day, and traditionally includes rice and beans, and maybe some chicken or beef.

  There is no ’siesta’ in Brazil, as they have in some of the other latin american countries.

  Most of the population lives on the coast; the government built the capital city of Brasilia inland, partly to encourage growth there.

  Nearly every neighboorhood has a ‘feira’, or fair, at least once a week – where you can buy fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and other items in an open-air market. Typically these are set up in a street that has been closed to automobile traffic while the market is open.

  If you meet someone for the first time, and their hands are wet or dirty, you should grab their wrist or forearm and shake it, like you would shake hands.

  Instead of knocking on a door to let someone know you are at their house, you should stand at the gate to the yard and clap your hands.

  Money – as in paper bills – is considered dirty. At a restaurant, hold your money under the table to count it before paying the bill – and never set cash on the table – that is considered rude.

  Young people often greet each other with a kiss on the cheek.

  It may be obvious, but the language of Brazil is Portuguese, not Spanish.

  Some famous Brazilians include Pele (the soccer player); Emerson Fittipaldi, the race car driver (plus his dad and brother); Carmen Miranda (the actress); Oscar Neimeyer (architect); Gisele Bundchen (fashion model); and Nene and Leandro Barbosa (NBA basketball players).

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  kingprawn
  August 8th, 2009 at 6:53 am

  - that everybody drinks and drive
  - how corrupt cops can be
  - how much bureaucracy you find here for everything
  - that most Brazilians arrive about 2 hours after the party starts
  - that is very common to kiss in the first date
  - that topless is "forbidden"
  - that we had an enormous problem with inflation in the past, something like 1000% in a month
  - that we have changed our currency about 6 times in the past 30 years (réis, cruzeiro, cruzados, cruzeiros novos, cruzados novos… and finally real)
  - that Brazilians always say: "call me or come over to visit us", but many times they do not mean it
  - that in the northeast we have a religion we call candonblé, with african influence
  - that most Brazilians have a inferiority complex against europeans and americans
  - that your libido is probably higher here than in other countries, as people tend to give you compliments and look at you with certain sensuality

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  trancoso
  August 8th, 2009 at 6:53 am

  The biggest problem there, is that almost 80% of the population have a low cultural degree and miscegenated.
  In rio de janeiro, about 30% live in slums and a lot of poverty everywhere, besides the urban violence, there are strays bullets from gangs shoot out against police enforcement almost daily and tenth of deaths. Every fuc… day !
  Scratch rio

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  Alberto V. Campos
  August 8th, 2009 at 6:53 am

  Hello my friend, what’s up?

  I live in Brazil,

  O Brasil é um dos paises mais lindos do mundo! Tem criminalidade , isso tem em qualquer lugar do mundo!
  Mas my friend as garotas do Brasil, a comida , as praias, a beleza você não acha em lugar nenhum.

  http://www.brazilexplore.com/

  Regards,

  Alberto

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