- A film by Nelson Pereira dos Santos based on a novel by Graciliano Ramos which portrays the harsh reality of the northeast of Brazil and which won the Cannes Festival Catholic Film Award in 1964
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The Payer of Vows (Pagador de Promessas)
Central Station (Central do Brasil)
Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro)
Barren Lives (Vidas Secas)
- He is considered the No. 1 name of Brazilian music and worked abroad with great arrangers like Claus Ogerman and Nelson Riddle. Some of his most famous songs are: Corcovado, The Girl from Ipanema, Samba de uma Nota Só, Desafinado.
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Heitor Villa Lobos
João Gilberto
Tom Jobim
Vinicius de Moraes
- The colours of Mangueira, one of the most traditional samba schools in Rio de Janeiro are:
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blue and white
pink and green
green and yellow
red and white
- Berimbau and Cuica are
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Brazilian national dishes
Musical instruments of African origin
Two famous Brazilian folk bands
Traditional pieces of clothing in Brazil
- Capoeira is:
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Annual competition between samba schools in Rio, and on the nights before Ash Wednesday
A procession and ceremony in honour of Nossa Senhora Aparecida ,the Brazilian patron saint , organized on October 12th
typical Brazilian food prepared with rice, black beans and pork meat. It is served on Wednesdays and Saturdays all over Brazil.
Brazilian martial art which combines self-defense techniques with dance. It is part sport and part art. It harmonizes music, gymnastics, discipline, and dance.
- Which of the following novels was NOT written by Jorge Amado?
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Dona Flor and her Two Husbands
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
The Violent Land
The House of Spirits
- An old Catholic celebration - brought over from Portugal in the eighteenth century - that is still very much alive in the colonial town of Paraty, on the south coast of Rio de Janeiro. It takes place 50 days after Easter and lasts for a whole week, beginning with food preparations that involve the entire population of the neighbourhood and culminating with a procession.
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Festa de Iemanjá
Bois de Parintins
Procissão dos Navegantes
Festa do Divino
- A fantastic creature from south-central Brazil. It is a little boy who has only one leg, wears a magical red cap and likes to smoke a pipe. According to the legend, he is always up to some mischief: blowing out your fire, scaring and scattering your cattle, and scaring travellers in isolated, out-of-the-way places.
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Curupira
Negrinho do Pastoreio
Caipora
Saci Pererê
- What is "Candomblé"?
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A traditional initiation dance among the Indians of the Xavantes tribe
A potent herb from the tropical rain forest used for healing both body and spirit
A folkloric song full of magic and mysticism dating back from the colonial period
A religion and ritual possession ceremony born in Brazil among slave communities from Western Africa, Congo and Angola.
- Machado de Assis is considered one of the greatest writers of Brazilian literature , the master of the short story and the founder of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. A study of jealousy, insecurity and self pity is the main theme of his masterpiece
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Memórias Póstumas de Braz Cubas
Dom Casmurro
Epitaph of a Small Winner
Iaiá Garcia
- Who was the first Brazilian singer to have international fame and popularity?
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Carmen Miranda
Chico Buarque de Hollanda
Gilberto Gil
Rita Lee
- A famous book by Mario de Andrade whose "hero without a character" is inspired by an Amazonian folk hero. The title character's motto is: "Oh, but I feel so tired."
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Pau-Brasil
Quarup
Paulicéia Desvairada
Macunaíma
- TICO-TICO NO FUBÁ - (Small Bird on the Corn Flour) - This very famous song is an excellent example of a very Brazilian all-instrumental style of music called :
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bossa nova
pagode
samba
chorinho
- He made several contributions to our culture (theatre and literature) and created the first grammar of the indian language, called tupi-guarani. His poetry had a medieval style (simple, pedagogic, metric, with special rythm), mixing religious and the indians`habits :
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Padre Manoel da Nóbrega
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Pero Vaz de Caminha
Padre José de Anchieta
- Carioca is the name you give to people who were born/live in:
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Minas Gerais
Rio Grande do Sul
São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro