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BRAZIL By William Devitt In Ms. McCarthy’s 2 nd Class
BRAZIL By William Devitt
In
Ms. McCarthy’s 2nd Class
The Brazilian Flag
Did you know… The stars on the Brazilian flag are very important. They represent the constellations in the southern hemisphere and show how they were seen from Rio de Janeiro during the early hours of the morning on November 15, 1889, the day the country shifted from an empire to a republic.
Interesting facts
about Brazil
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world.
I also found out that the whole of
Australia where my uncles live, fits inside
Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro
This is the second largest city
in Brazil.
The Christ the Redeemer
statue looks over Rio de
Janeiro.
The statue is almost as tall as
10 double decker buses
stacked on top of each other
Christ the Redeemer is
famously known as one of the
new 7 wonders of the world
Pelé I love football and found out that
Brazil have won the World Cup five times.
Pelé was born in Brazil in 1940. He was a great football player and started to play for his country when he was16 years old.
He played in four World Cup tournaments and scored many great goals.
Did you know… Norway is the only national football team in the world that has never lost to Brazil
Portuguese
Brazil is called ‘Brasil’ in Portuguese.
Portuguese is the official language
spoken in Brazil.
Brazil is the only country in South America
that speaks Portuguese.
I read about some of Brazils famous
sayings and I liked these a lot.
Fica tranquilo = Don’t Worry
A casa é sua = Make yourself at home
Fun Facts
Portugal claimed the land of Brazil in
the year 1500.
Independence was declared in 1822.
Dilma Rousseff was the first woman
elected President in 2011
Brasilia, the country’s capital, took just
41 months to build, from 1956 to 1960
Did you know….. that a PS4 in Brazil
costs roughly $1850 because of high
import taxes
Brazilian Food Facts
Feijoada is the national dish
of Brazil which is a stew of
beans with beef and pork
Amazon Rainforest & River The Amazon Rainforest covers
an area of 2,300,000 square
miles (6,000,000 square
km). Comprising about 40
percent of Brazil's total area
The Amazon River is at least
4,000 miles (6,400 km) long
There are more species of
monkeys in Brazil than in any
other nation and the largest number of species of mammals, plants and
freshwater fish are found in
Brazil.
Brazils Carnivals
Rio de Janeiro
Carnival highlights.
The competition
took place on
February 23 and
24, 2020. The
Special Group of
the Samba Schools
Parade always
happen on Sunday
and Monday which
is before Tuesday
of carnival.
More than 2 million people are on the streets every day celebrating
the Carnivals.
