Cultural diversity, the history of Brazilian cultural diversity
Because our country is very large, because of our history, because of the immigrants who came from all over the world, our country has an immense diversity cultural and today we are going to talk about the cultural diversity of our country, going through all the regions and talking about the culture of each one of them.
Cultural History of Brazil
To better understand our culture, we have to talk a little about the history of our country, so let's go back a few years back, to be more exact, let's vlook in time in the year 1500 in the discovery of Brazil.
In 1500 Brazil was discovered by Pedro Alvares Cabral, but the discovery was something that happened somewhat unintentionally, then, Pedro had strayed from the Indian route and ended up in our territory It is Pedro claimed
With Brazil beginning to be colonized by Portugal, much of its culture was also established in our country and this mixed with the tribes indigenous people who were already here.
With the coming of the Portuguese, along with religion arrived among many other things such as its food typical and even theater, for those who don't know, theater was brought to Brazil by Portugal.
Then came the slaves from the African continent, coming from all over and each one bringing the culture of their people, such as religion, dances, their own language as the Portuguese themselves also brought and much more.
As time passes, each territory from our country began to be occupied, south, north, east and west and each region being influenced by its occupants and this became more evident when Brazil stopped being Cologne of Portugal, to become a republic.
After that period Brazil received many immigrants, mainly due to the Second World War and Of the vast majority of immigrants who came to Brazil, they were Italians, Japanese and Germans, the Italians and Japanese went more to the southeast region and the Germans, as well as the Dutch, went to the southern region of our country.
And with the arrival of these immigrants, the culture changed even more in these and other regions of Brazil and with this the regions developed and brought with them culture and language that was brought from outside, both by the Portuguese, slaves, Europeans and Asian, forming what our Brazil is today and that is why in every region we speak Portuguese with a different accent and eat different things and also have different stories.
Cultural diversity in Brazil according to each region
North region
At region north of the country we have a great influence from indigenous people and their influence is very strong in this region,The best-known popular festivities are the Parintins Festival, the largest Boi-bumbá Festival in Brazil, in Amazonas, and the Ciro de Nazaré festival, a major Catholic event in the country, in Pará.
The typical cuisine of the North is another strong northern culture and is based on cassava and fish, but there are also many dishes made with sun-dried meat, tucupi, tacacá, among others, and fruits such as cupuaçu, açaí, taperebá and buriti. With all these indigenous names, you can get a sense of the native cultural strength in the region.
Northeast Region
The northern region received a strong influence from Africans and the Dutch and brings I get a very rich and vast culture, like tongue the dance, your food typical Among other things.
Speaking of typical food, The region's typical gastronomy is a great mix of African and Brazilian cultures, with well-known dishes such as acarajé, vatapá, sun-dried meat, seafood, goat buchada, tapioca, cornmeal cake, tamale, cocada, etc.
Midwest region
The center-west region of our country is a mixture of all the states, not to mention that each state already has its own mix, not to mention that the center-west region has a lot of influence from Paraguay and Bolivia for being Upcoming geographically, theThe typical festivities are the folkloric dance of cururu, of indigenous tradition, Festa do Divino and Festa de São Benedito, religious.
In the region's cuisine, it is common to find rice with pequi, Paraguayan soup, Carreteiro and Bolivian rice, angu and fish originating from the Pantanal of Mato Grosso.
Southeast region
The southeast region received immigrants from all over the world, this is due why it was one of the most developed regions with train lines and coffee farms and with this wealth, the entire southeast region was the favorite of immigrationbefore and with that each one of them brought their culture and included together with those us already We had.
As far as cooking goes. The options are diverse, such as cheese bread from Minas Gerais, feijoada from Rio, São Paulo style, cod fritters from Portugal, Italian pasta, moqueca from Espírito Santo, picadinho, fried cassava, bean tutu, among many others. The most traditional festivities in the Southeast are the festivals of the divine, festivals in honor of the patron saints, festivals of the cowboy cowboy, carnival, scarf samba and the Iemanjá festival.
South region
The southern region is a case apart from all of our Brazil, in some cases the influence of immigrants is so strong that we seem to be in another country, we see this in the architecture, in the language and even in appearance physics, and all this is due to great influence donates Germans.
In the kitchen, the region's traditional foods include barbecue, chimarrão, shrimp, duck meat and wine. Oktoberfest, the beer festival of German origin, is one of the best-known festivals in the South Region, based in Blumenau-SC. Another well-known event is the Grape Festival, in Caxias do Sul-RS.
Cultural diversity of Brazil
As we have seen, Brazil's cultural diversity is very extensive and varies a lot from region to region, this is largely due to the size of our country and all the immigrants we receive from all sides of the world, if we realize we don't have a single culture, the most next of this is what we have in the north of Brazil where the influence indigenous culture is still strong, in other regions it is a mixture of cultures from several other countries, forming a unique culture for each state and this brings a very great cultural wealth for our country.
