International Day

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 Index
History of BRAZIL?
What are the sport in BRAZIL?
What are the famous points and places in
BRAZIL?
What are the food items in BRAZIL?
What is the history of BRAZIL?
Brazil was officially "discovered" in 1500,
when a fleet commanded by Portuguese
diplomat Pedro Álvares Cabral, on its way to
India, landed in Porto Seguro, between
Salvador and Rio de Janeiro. portuguese
adventurers preceded him.
What are the sport in BRAZIL?
Brazilians are heavily involved in sports.
Football is the most popular sport in Brazil.
Other than football, sports like volleyball,
mixed martial arts, basketball, tennis, and
motor sports, especially Formula One, enjoy
high levels of popularity.
What are the famous points and places in
BRAZIL?
1. Cristo Redentor and Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro
2. Sugar Loaf, Rio de Janeiro
3. Iguaçu Falls
4. Ipanema
5.Brasília's Modernist Architecture
6.Museum of Tomorrow
Cristo Redentor and Corcovado, Rio de
Janeiro
With arms outstretched 28 meters, as if to encompass all of humanity, the
colossal Art Deco statue of Christ, called Cristo Redentor (Christ the
Redeemer), gazes out over Rio de Janeiro and the bay from the summit of
Corcovado.
The 709-meter height on which it stands is part of the Tijuca National
Park, and a rack railway climbs 3.5 kilometers to its top, where a broad
plaza surrounds the statue. Completed in 1931, the 30-meter statue was the
work of Polish-French sculptor Paul Landowski and Brazilian engineer
Heitor da Silva Costa, and is constructed of reinforced concrete and
soapstone.
The eight-meter base encloses a chapel that is popular for weddings.
Although this is one of Brazil's most readily recognized icons, it is often
mistakenly called The Christ of the Andes, confused with the older statue
marking the boundary between Argentina and Chile..
 Sugar Loaf, Rio de Janeiro
The easily recognized emblem of Rio de Janeiro, the rounded
rock peak of Sugar Loaf juts out of a tree-covered promontory,
rising 394 meters above the beaches and city. Its summit is one
of the first places to visit for tourists, for views of Rio and the
harbor, and for the thrill of riding suspended in a cable car
between Sugar Loaf and the Morro da Urca, a lower peak
from which a second cableway connects to the city.
Rio's first settlement began below these peaks, near the
long Praia da Urca beach, and you can tour one of the three
early forts there, the star-shaped Fort São João.
 Iguaçu Falls
At the point where Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina meet, the Iguaçu river drops
spectacularly in a semicircle of 247 waterfalls that thunder down into the gorge
below. Just above the falls, the river is constricted to one-fourth of its usual width,
making the force of the water even stronger.
Some of the falls are more than 100 meters high and they cover such a broad area
that you'll never see all of them at once, but you do get the broadest panorama from
the Brazilian side. Catwalks and a tower give you different perspectives, and one
bridge reaches all the way to one of the largest, known as the Garganta do Diabo
(Devil's Throat).
You can cross to the Argentinian side for closer views from catwalks that extend
farther into the center of the falls. The two sides offer different perspectives and
views, so most tourists plan to see both.
The falls are protected by the UNESCO-acclaimed Iguaçu National Park, where
subtropical rainforests are home to more than 1,000 species of birds and mammals,
including deer, otters, ocelots, and capybaras.
 Ipanema
Beyond the beaches of Copacabana, the glorious white sands
merge into the just-as-famous beaches of Ipanema. The same
wave design of Copacabana's wide promenade continues here,
separating the sand from the line of hotels, restaurants, cafés,
art galleries, and cinemas that make this a popular social zone
year-round.
Farther along, beyond the Jardim de Alá Canal, which drains
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, are the beaches of Leblon.
With more locals and fewer tourists, these beaches are
favorites for families. Sunday is especially busy, with
an antiques market at Praça de Quentaland and the Feira
de Artesanato de Ipanema, alive with music, art, handcrafts,
and street food.
 Brasília's Modernist Architecture
Brazil's new city of Brasília was carved out of the wilderness and completed in
less than three years to replace Rio de Janeiro as the country's capital in 1960.
The ambitious plan by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer became a showpiece of
city planning and avant-garde architecture, and it remains today as one of the
world's few cities that represent a completed plan and a single architectural
concept.
Without the normal mix of residential and business districts, the entire
governmental section is composed of major architectural highlights, which
are the city's main tourist attractions. Some of the most striking surround Praça
dos Tràs Poderes: the presidential palace, supreme court, and the two sharply
contrasting congress buildings, plus the Historical Museum of Brasília and
the Panteão da Liberdade (Pantheon of Freedom), designed by Oscar
Niemeyer.
 Museum of Tomorrow
The futuristic architecture of the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio
de Janeiro gives a clue about its contents. Thought-provoking
exhibits invite visitors to think what the world might be like in
the future, exploring scenarios of how our planet may change
in the next half century.
Examining these times of fast-moving changes in society,
technology, and the physical world, the museum prompts
viewers to consider various paths into the future, and how each
opens up based on the choices made every day as individuals
and as a society.
This eye-catching science museum overlooking the waterfront
was designed by Spanish architect and artist, Santiago
Calatrava.
 What are the food items in BRAZIL

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