Intranational 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
Farofa
Moqueca de Camarão
