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    Investigation Zumbi dos Palmares was an Afro-Brazilian legend and symbol of resistance from Brazil’s colonial time. He was the leader of the quilombos‚ a community formed by fugitive slave farmers‚ Indians and poor whites. He officially became the chief of the Quilombo dos Palmares‚ located in Pernambuco‚ in 1680 after leading a civil war and defeating their current leader‚ Ganga Zumba. Zumbi resisted the Portuguese colonial oppression for 14 years until the expedition led by Domingos Jorge Velho

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    Zumbi dos Palmares was an Afro-Brazilian legend and symbol of resistance from Brazil’s colonial time. He was the leader of the quilombos‚ a community formed by fugitive slave farmers‚ Indians and poor whites. He officially became the chief of the Quilombo dos Palmares‚ located in Pernambuco‚ in 1680 after leading a civil war and defeating their current leader‚ Ganga Zumba. Zumbi resisted the Portuguese colonial oppression for 14 years until the expedition led by Domingos Jorge Velho destroyed the

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    Boi-Bumba In Brazil

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    Question 1: The “Boi-Bumba” in Brazil blends Indigenous‚ African and European culture into one big festival every year and is a nationally celebrated occasion. Citizens gather to enjoy a three hour show with food‚ drinks and entertainment in an arena with 35‚000 people. The Boi Bumba tradition dates back to the colonial days and represents the “kidnapping‚ death and resurrection of an ox.” The plot that is mainly told includes a “Portuguese master and his wife‚ a slave and his pregnant wife and

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    breaker. He did not want to be a slave whatsoever. Eventually‚ he ran away from and escaped the sugar plantation he was a slave at and started a massive runaway slave settlement. This slave settlement was entitled Quilombo dos Palmares or Angola Janga. He was the first leader of Quilombo dos Palmares and therefore had a very important role. Him rejecting his role as a slave became very beneficial to him and many other slaves because of the settlement he created. Without it‚ many slaves would have

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    Samba Influence

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    Samba: Roots and Influences Introduction Samba is one of the most popular forms of Brazilian music in the world. Its roots‚ strongly from Africa add to its history and power as an expressive outlet. Samba comes from the word “semba” of the Bantu language of South Africa which refers to dance and clapping of hands in a circular formation. Today‚ Samba is celebrated most widely through one of Brazil’s national celebration of Carnaval‚ located most famously in the Sambódromo of Rio de Janeiro. Samba

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    Brazilian Gold Rush

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    impacted some cities with Portuguese influence‚ by the architecture‚ baroque churches‚ and religious practices. During this gold rush‚ there were still expeditions‚ but not for the capture of slaves‚ but more for the control over gold sites‚ and quilombos (which most towns were created from). The rich Portuguese‚ or Brazilian-born whites‚ who got funded from the towns of the coast‚ like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro‚ helped those two

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    Early Brazil

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    The earliest People of brazil were the indians . however ‚ the country’s recorded history begins with arrival of the portuguese in 1500 . the portugal sailor pedro álvares cabral visited the continent which today is called South America‚ eight years after columbus arrived in the americas. Many portuguese pioneers followed along and with the new colony which is what is today brazil. Brazil was named because of the brazilwood that was extracted to make red dye. The new settlers did not bring peace

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    Capoeira: A Timeless Brazilian Tradition Capoeira was selected as the topic of this assignment as it is an extremely complex tradition‚ with fascinating beginnings and an extremely powerful cultural impact. It is a very interesting art form with a goal to bring together mental stability‚ physical flexibility‚ knowledge of self-defense‚ musical coordination and artistic inspiration to those who practice it. It has had a great impact on shaping and defining not only Brazilian culture but

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    Falsa Coral Monologue

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    Hi Ken! How has your week started? Hope that very well! Yes! It must be an incredible show every time that happens‚ and this happens every certain number of years‚ that aren’t always the same‚ since the frequency between one and another rupture is pretty variable‚ for that reason‚ it’s pretty difficult to know when it will occur‚ the rangers can only estimate the moment when the glacier may break when the bridge‚ that you was able to see in the video‚ is totally complete‚ and in that way give the

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    Slavery in Brazil

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    Edmund Burke‚ the acclaimed author and philosopher once said‚ “Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.” Between the 16th and 19th century in the Americas‚ millions on millions of slaves were brought to the New World. There purpose was to work. The economy of most European colonies in America was dependent on slaves. The land that was discovered in Americas was useless with out sufficient slave labor to exploit it. In this essay‚ I will focus on two nations where slavery played an enormous role

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