Just look at SBT's list of the 100 greatest brazillians.Yeah I kind of run out of ideas, but as I said feel free to add more.
*insert laughing gif here*
Would be cool to put our most beautiful actress on the OP, everybody talks about how Brazilian girls are incredible but few people know what girls Brazilians found to be the hottest ones.
Putting some of our most famous musicians will be nice too, like Caetano Veloso, Titãs , Chico Buarque , Legião Urbana, etc. Most music foreigners' know that come from Brazil are funk and Michel Teló wich is really terrible
Putting some of our most famous musicians will be nice too, like Caetano Veloso, Titãs , Chico Buarque , Legião Urbana, etc. Most music foreigners' know that come from Brazil are funk and Michel Teló wich is really terrible
Originally from Campinas, been living in Florida for the last 13 years though.
Tiririca, Joelma, Dedé, Luan Santana, Bispo Edir Macedo????Just look at SBT's list of the 100 greatest brazillians.
*insert laughing gif here*
How Luan Santana can be more important than Carlos Drummond de Andrade,Chico Buarque, Tom Jobim, Jorge Amado?
What's wrong with us?
You're right, I shouldn't laugh. Teló is the greatest exponent of brazilian culture since Tom Jobim, "Ai se eu te pego" is "Girl from Ipanema" for the 21st century.How can you laugh at a list that has Michel Teló, man?
That shit's the real deal.
More important than Carlos Chagas, Vital Brazil and Roberto Landell de Moura too!Tiririca, Joelma, Dedé, Luan Santana, Bispo Edir Macedo????
How Luan Santana can be more important than Carlos Drummond de Andrade,Chico Buarque, Tom Jobim, Jorge Amado?
What's wrong with us?
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Was Roberto Leal ever popular in Brazil?
Is this list open for vote our is SBT who chooses who they want?More important than Carlos Chagas, Vital Brazil and Roberto Landell de Moura too!
I want tchuuuu.
I want tchaaaa.
I want: tchu tcha tchá tchu tchu tchá, chu tcha tchá tchu tchu tchá!
I want tchaaaa.
I want: tchu tcha tchá tchu tchu tchá, chu tcha tchá tchu tchu tchá!
I really never thought about tatoos being more popular over here than elsewhere, but weirdly enough I do know a lot of people that have tatoos, including my father and most of my uncles. I guess it was a trend in their youth? Or maybe it continues to be.Oh this reminds me my pet peeve with you people.
My Brazilian friends, you are awesome and have beyond amazing bodies, why the hell do you ruin them with terrible tattoos? why? Even old people have tattoos, and they are horrible.
And now that I think of it, while elsewhere it feels like something of an underground scene, these people on beaches (ew) in rio are not really the underground/indie style, they're tatooing stars and dragons to feel sexy I guess.
I have never been but would love to go. On my list of places to visit.
Would love to go, everytime i've met a Brazilian they've been awesome, friendly people! And they've all mentioned to me (i'm Italian) that they got tons of Italians there, more than Argentina (as if it was something to be proud about, lol).
btw, what kind of effect had the italian immigration on brazil's culture, if anything?
btw, what kind of effect had the italian immigration on brazil's culture, if anything?
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We need Isis Valverde, Mariana Felício, Deborah Secco, Tessália Serighelli, Juliana Paes, Taís Araújo, Letícia Spiller, Renata Dominguez, Mel Franckowiak, Nathalia Dill, Sophia Abrahão, Flávia Alessandra, Lívia Andrade, Fernanda Vasconcellos, Sophie Charlotte, Mariana Ximenes, Karina Bacchi, Alessandra Negrini and millions of others up there, then!Would be cool to put our most beautiful actress on the OP, everybody talks about how Brazilian girls are incredible but few people know what girls Brazilians found to be the hottest ones.
Don't forget Ellen Roche.We need Isis Valverde, Mariana Felício, Deborah Secco, Tessália Serighelli, Juliana Paes, Taís Araújo, Letícia Spiller, Renata Dominguez, Mel Franckowiak, Nathalia Dill, Sophia Abrahão, Flávia Alessandra, Lívia Andrade, Fernanda Vasconcellos, Sophie Charlotte, Mariana Ximenes, Karina Bacchi, Alessandra Negrini and millions of others up there, then!
Never.
Cielo! No! NO! Fuckity fuckdy fuck! I still cannot believe it! 2-time world champion, has the all-time world record, had the world olympic record, the best time of the year, was the first in the semifinals...
God damn it!
God damn it!
Rio here.
The lack of cariocas is depressing. Rj-gaf, where you at?
The lack of cariocas is depressing. Rj-gaf, where you at?
I'm can almost guarantee that most the public only knows soccer players,TV artist and recent popular musicians. SBT put a lot of really important names there to avoid the list losing most of its already low credibility.Voted by the public and that makes it more depressing.
So what's the real story on crime in Brazil? Some say it is super dangerous, others say it's not.
Naturally, I understand that there are dangerous places in any big city in the world, like Rio. But I've heard that it's common for any somewhat well-known figure visiting the country to hire body guards due to dangers.
What's the real deal?
Naturally, I understand that there are dangerous places in any big city in the world, like Rio. But I've heard that it's common for any somewhat well-known figure visiting the country to hire body guards due to dangers.
What's the real deal?
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Rio and São Paulo are really dangerous cities, but they're are far from be the most violent ones right now. Things improved a lot in the last ten years on São Paulo per example.So what's the real story on crime in Brazil? Some say it is super dangerous, others say it's not.
Naturally, I understand that there are dangerous places in any big city in the world, like Rio. But I've heard that it's common for any somewhat well-known figure visiting the country to hire body guards due to dangers.
What's the real deal?
In São Paulo, at least, it isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. Obviously, there are dangerous places that no one should visit - but, really, there are no reasons to visit them in the first place. You can have all the daytime and nighttime fun you want safely - and, trust me, there's a lot of fun to be had in this humongous city.So what's the real story on crime in Brazil? Some say it is super dangerous, others say it's not.
Naturally, I understand that there are dangerous places in any big city in the world. But I've heard that it's common for any somewhat well-known figure visiting the country to hire body guards due to dangers.
What's the real deal?
In the end, just like in every big city, probably nothing will happen to you if you're careful (and not stupid). You can't walk into a favela in the middle of the night, for example, and you can't walk around the central region alone. But there's no "fear culture" at all.
With that said, tourists definitely have to take extra precautions, because criminals obviously view them as easier (and richer) targets. I guess that's why imporant people bring in bodyguards and all that.
Oh, it's very dangerous for sure. The astonishing numbers you see on the statistics are a bit skewed though, because they are averages and crime is unequally distributed. Spatially, I mean. Here in my city there are neighbourhoods that, isolated, would have higher murder rates than warring countries, and that obviously drives up the numbers. Not to say there isn't crime in the better parts of town, but it isn't what you might be led to believe when you look at the numbers... since they are pretty crazy.So what's the real story on crime in Brazil? Some say it is super dangerous, others say it's not.
One tip: Max Payne 3 is a lie.
edit: wrong thread.
How can you talk about the Ice Age guy but not even mention Fernando Meirelles
This sounds incredibly frightening, What's stopping it from overflowing into other parts of the city?Oh, it's very dangerous for sure. The astonishing numbers you see on the statistics are a bit skewed though, because they are averages and crime is unequally distributed. Spatially, I mean. Here in my city there are neighbourhoods that, isolated, would have higher murder rates than warring countries, and that obviously drives up the numbers. Not to say there isn't crime in the better parts of town, but it isn't what you might be led to believe when you look at the numbers... since they are pretty crazy.
Fellow countrymen, welcome.
How the fuck there is no Ayrton Senna in the OP? I move to have you extradicted to fucking Buenos Aires.
How the fuck there is no Ayrton Senna in the OP? I move to have you extradicted to fucking Buenos Aires.
Stuff like that happens because the police forces are not equally distributed throughout most cities. Units are positioned almost literally as "dams" that keep the criminality locked in the poorer districts.Originally Posted by Salvadora
This sounds incredibly frightening, What's stopping it from overflowing into other parts of the city?
It's fucked up.
It already does to some degree, but the places I mentioned that have sky high murder rates are the city's major drug corners. That kinda makes them more violent than the rest of town by default (to a staggering degree as a matter of fact) since dealers routinely kill each other and are killed by the police.Originally Posted by Salvadora
This sounds incredibly frightening, What's stopping it from overflowing into other parts of the city?
So OP, put more interesting Brazilians in there: Ayrton Senna, Anderson Silva, Santos Dumont, César Lattes, Machado de Assis, Tarsila do Amaral, Eike Batista, Princess Isabel, Paulo Coelho... :D
Hey, me too!Belo HorizonteGAF here...cheers!
I can help with some photos in the future, since I wanna dust off my Nikon D3100.
I won't make any recommendations yet because tourists rarely come to Belo Horizonte. Shame tho, it's a great place.
Você esqueceu Açaí. O pessoal é louco com Açaí.
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Another one from BH. Galo!Hey, me too!
I can help with some photos in the future, since I wanna dust off my Nikon D3100.
I won't make any recommendations yet because tourists rarely come to Belo Horizonte. Shame tho, it's a great place.
Você esqueceu Açaí. O pessoal é louco com Açaí.
This is what has shocked me the most about Rio, is basically two entirely different cities. People love to talk about inequality back in my country but they have no idea of the level that can achieve here.Stuff like that happens because the police forces are not equally distributed throughout most cities. Units are positioned almost literally as "dams" that keep the criminality locked in the poorer districts.
It's fucked up.
I'm from Brasília! Hope to help you all! I really like it here, mostly because it's a planned city and everything is very close. We also have a growing gaming market!
Brazil is like my dream destination. In my mind it's already way better than anything could possibly be in this world, but some time in the next few years I intend to find out just how far off base my vision is!
OP seriously needs some brigadeiro in the food section.
Glad to finally see this thread get made.
As mentioned in the other Brazil thread, I am born and raised in Norway but at 19 I decided to travel and ended up in Sao Paulo for a few years, living in Itaim and trying to learn Portuguese and live among my new Brazilian brothers and sisters, which was quite a challenge considering the culture clash, however I learned a lot about being open, approaching life with excitement and being positive from living there.
It's been many years since I lived there now, as I left in 2008, but I still consider it something of a home, and I still feel very close to Brazilian people. Most of all I miss coxinhas.
As mentioned in the other Brazil thread, I am born and raised in Norway but at 19 I decided to travel and ended up in Sao Paulo for a few years, living in Itaim and trying to learn Portuguese and live among my new Brazilian brothers and sisters, which was quite a challenge considering the culture clash, however I learned a lot about being open, approaching life with excitement and being positive from living there.
It's been many years since I lived there now, as I left in 2008, but I still consider it something of a home, and I still feel very close to Brazilian people. Most of all I miss coxinhas.
Hahaha, this post is the perfect lead-up to the final line.Glad to finally see this thread get made.
As mentioned in the other Brazil thread, I am born and raised in Norway but at 19 I decided to travel and ended up in Sao Paulo for a few years, living in Itaim and trying to learn Portuguese and live among my new Brazilian brothers and sisters, which was quite a challenge considering the culture clash, however I learned a lot about being open, approaching life with excitement and being positive from living there.
It's been many years since I lived there now, as I left in 2008, but I still consider it something of a home, and I still feel very close to Brazilian people. Most of all I miss coxinhas.
How would a non-white person be treated while visiting southern Brazil? I've heard that racial politics are really complicated for you guys. I want to visit Salvador at some point as well.
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