Cultural retention Cultural retention is the act of retaining the culture of a specific ethnic group of people‚ especially when there is reason to believe that the culture‚ through inaction‚ may be lost. Many African-American‚ European and Asian organizations have cultural retention programs in place. African retention in Trinidad and Tobago is an e.g. of cultural retention. THE SUNDAY MARKET The tradition of Sunday markets in Trinidad is a result of the agricultural knowledge
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It’s collectivistic culture (and also its high context culture) implies that building up strong relationships and trust is substantial for Brazilians. Also in business‚ they quickly move to first name basis while it is usual that any kinds of contracts are not based on hard facts such as price or delivery terms‚ but on relationships and the perceived sense of trust. The culture is more long term
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http://www.everyculture.com/Bo-Co/Brazil.html#b 6. http://www.mapsofworld.com/south-america/culture/brazil.html 7. http://www.worldbusinessculture.com/Brazilian-Business-Communication-Style.html 8. http://www.brazil.org.za/religion.html
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In regards to traditional family‚ Brazilians have very substantial catholic roots; which in turns implies a high presence of catholic family models‚ with some “modern twists.” The traditional family model in Brazil is a man and woman headship‚ church marriage; however‚ because of how current and distorted the view of marriage has become in Brazil‚ there is a law now that enacts a “stable union‚” versus a church marriage which has been falling in “fashion” the last few decades. A “stable union” means
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Ipanema and Copacabana. In Rio De Janeiro tourists have to use Brazilian real which can be exchanged for a rate of 1‚81 Lei Ron‚ in exchnage offices in Romania. The price of a local lunch is about 10 dollars. After visiting it‚ I would recommend this city because it has a tropical monsoon climate with high temperature‚ with balneario beaches such as Barra da Tijuca‚ Copacabana‚ Ipanema‚ and Leblon‚ with carnival celebrations. It is a lively
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nation’s main cultural center and one of the largest financial hubs in the country. Its economy is based especially on tertiary and financial sectors‚ foreign trade‚ media‚ and tourism. Furthermore‚ the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro shelters the Brazilian headquarters of major international companies such as Shell‚ ExxonMobil‚ Souza Cruz‚ BMG‚ PolyGram‚ Ishikawajima‚ Merck‚ Michelin‚ Sony‚ Texaco‚ IBM‚ Unisys‚ Xerox‚ Coca-Cola‚ and McDonald’s. Large national companies are also based in the state
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and more Brazilians adopted Christianity. However‚ Umbanda and Candomble are the two most dominant traditional religions in Brazil. Accordingly‚ these people believed that a supreme being existed. In this context‚ the native tribes of the Amazon Forest believed that certain snake species like the Anaconda were a manifestation of god. Therefore‚ they held many sacrifices and rituals in sacred sites in the Amazon Rainforest. As a sign of respect to the high deity‚ the indigenous Brazilians protected
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Caipirinha is a drink considered the symbol of Brazil‚ traditionally prepared with sugar‚ lemon‚ ice and a Brazilian alcoholic beverage called cachaça. It can be well appreciated in several occasions. Recently a Brazilian young man studying in Sydney came up with the idea of exporting the drink to Australia. However he recognizes that there may be cross-cultural issues in introducing a traditionally Brazilian drink to a totally different culture as Australia. The report explores potential cross-cultural issues
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Aids Condoms and Carnival is about low income countries that are suffering from AIDS and HIV. It is hard for the government to give them help because the resident might not want to or because some of the help is too expensive. In India they are doing a program that gives free condoms at Barber shops because it is the best place for the citizens to go and talk about their personal things. In my opinion condoms are a protector of death because it can protect you from a disease that is going to kill
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LO3 Understand how the characteristics of destinations affect their appeal to tourists This assignment is going to show the comparison between a leading tourist destination and an upcoming tourist destination and evaluate how characteristics of the destinations affect its appeal‚ the destinations being used are California as the leading and Brazil as the up and coming. In California there are a lot of things to see and do‚ the appeal to tourists is unbelievable. There are many places to see and
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