The Rio de Janeiro Carnival - Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil The Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro is a world famous festival held before Lent every year and considered the biggest carnival in the world with 2 million people per day on the streets. The first festivals of Rio date back to 1823. The typical Rio carnival parade is filled with revelers‚ floats and adornments from numerous samba schools which are located in Rio. ur number one is Rio Fest. The first records of Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro
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Carnival is celebrated everywhere in Brazil‚ but in Rio de Janeiro‚ the celebration becomes a fantastic spectacle during the summer months (February‚ and March) in the country. It is wild‚ wacky‚ frivolous‚ and most say‚ quite enjoyable. Passionate‚ exuberant Rio comes alive when Carnival begins. As the temperature heats up‚ so do days of seemingly endless parades‚ balls and parties in Cidade Maravilhosa‚ or the "Marvelous City"‚ as Rio is sometimes called. It has to do with people‚ with the color
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The City of God: Urbanization’s Impact on Rio de Janeiro The City of God: Urbanization’s Impact on Rio de Janeiro As civilization continues to develop‚ the rural characteristics of various towns and areas continue to be removed. This removal is resulting in the immense growth of cities all across the world. Urbanization is a process that has previously occurred and continues to take place in nearly every part of the world that humans
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Rio de Janeiro Culture and Population • Basic Demographics (2007) Population: 11‚714‚000 in the metropolitan region of Rio. % racial breakdown: • Religion (2000) Religion Percentage Number Catholics 60.71% 3‚556‚096 Protestants 17.65% 1‚034‚009 No religion 13.33% 781‚080 Spiritists 3.44% 201‚714 Umbandists 0.51% 72‚946 Jews 0.41% 23‚862 • Languages Portuguese (official)‚ Spanish‚ English‚ French • Literacy definition: age 15 and over who can read and write total population in
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Glossary - The City of Rio de Janeiro The state capital of Rio de Janeiro‚ so often sung in prose and verse‚ famous worldwide for its natural beauty and friendly people—carioca—is also the 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
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the 1500’s. Specifically Rio de Janeiro‚ the subtropical coastal environment makes an ideal place for agriculture‚ economic and industrial growth. Discovered on 1 January 1502 by a Portuguese expedition in Pedro Alavares Cabral’s fleet‚ Rio de Janeiro or "January River" is home of the Tupi‚ Puri‚ Botocudo and Maxakali people. On 1 March 1565‚ the city was properly founded by the Portuguese. The French and Portuguese fought over Rio until 1567; Portuguese governor Mem de Sa expelled the French fighting
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is Rio’s ‘favelas’‚ the complete opposite of Addis Ababa. A favela is the term for a slum in Brazil‚ mostly within urban areas. Even before the first favela came to fruition‚ poor residents were pushed out of the city and forced to live in the suburbs‚ far away. However‚ most contemporary favelas appeared in the 1970s due to rural exodus. That is when many people moved away from rural areas of Brazil and moved to cities. Unable to find a home to live in‚ many people ended up in a favela. The people
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The Rivalry between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro It amazing how people can live so differently even in the same country. In my country Brazil we have a good example that is the two big states Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Everybody knows about the rivalry between people from Sao Paulo and people from Rio de Janeiro. The rivalry is about the way they live and who has the better quality of life. They call each other “lazy people‚” means that they put recreation in a first place‚ and “no life
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MGT448 Comprehensive Analysis Outline‚ Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil 350-400 words Regional Analysis Outline for Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil I. Introduction: An analysis of Brazil and specifically the area around Rio de Janeiro A. Brazil the Country 1. Location: Eastern South America‚ bordering the Atlantic Ocean 2. Size: A little Smaller than the U.S. 3. Geography: mostly flat and rolling lowlands in north; some plains‚ hills‚ mountains‚ and narrow coastal belt 4. Climate: Mostly tropical‚ but
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Potential Project Definition: Expansion of Rio de Janeiro Metro System 1. Introduction Brazil is the host of 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games‚ so there supposed to be great amount of people around the world visit the country in coming years. Rio de Janeiro is the second biggest city in Brazil (1‚256 km²)‚ and has a large population about 6 millions. However‚ the public transportation of the city is somewhat in a poor condition. It has only two metro lines located in the east part of the
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