Brazil Culture Essay

Brazilian Culture

Sgt. Keyes, Kenny

Class 004-18

Culture is “the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterize an institution or organization” (Merriam Webster, 2018). This means that culture is not only vastly different in different regions or countries, but that it is also ever-changing along with the society it represents. Brazil is a spectacular example of the profound impact that can be had on culture with the introduction of new peoples, religion, government, and more. The characteristics that comprise culture, anywhere in the world, are “learned, shared, based in symbols, integrated, and dynamic” (Nowaczyk, 2017). For Brazil, this begins long before the region is known by its current name. Before the Age of Exploration what’s now known, as Brazil was comprised of roughly 2,000 indigenous tribes of varying languages and traditions, even including cannibalism (Meyer, Brazil History, 2010). These tribes however, are largely non-existent today because of the assimilation that occurred when Portuguese conquers found the region. Currently approximately 200,000 people out of the 190,000,000 in Brazil are full-blooded descendants of these native tribes (Meyer, Brazil History, 2010). The

The focus on restoring and creating better infrastructure has created jobs that would otherwise have been non-existent, giving a small opportunity for security. They have installed major land line systems, mobile phone companies and towers throughout the populated portions of the country, ensured that televisions and radios are increasingly available, as well as even 45% of the country having access to internet (Meyer, Brazilian Geography, 2010) which is surprising for a country which is still in its industrial age (Williams,