Brazil Cultural Vignette

In essence, you cannot have a vignette of Brazil without breaking down the culture of the people and defining how they live. Brazilians are a peaceful, happy, loving, and simple people. Having had but one war since its creation, Brazil has instilled in its people a docile nature in regards to political struggles and war. The culture of its people revolves around dancing pacote, fohall, samba, and tecno, while eating well and drinking the night away. The people live a simple yet happy life in its various regions; however, the country is also fettered with poverty. Slums cover many regions in the large cities and gangs are rampant within those areas. The government is consistently working to better the situation of the poor in those regions; however, the poverty has mixed into the culture and created its own cultural presence. The idea foreigners have on Carnival is a mulatta women dancing half naked, however, what they do not know is that the Carnival is composed largely of organizations and people from the slums who compete by way of dance and song. It is the poor peoples way to become a positive part of society and has in turn blossomed into one of brazils main tourism features.…