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__Brazil__ CDR: 6 NIR: .7 IMR: 14 TFR: 1.6 GNI PPP: 14,810
 * CBR: 13

http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/brazil-population/
 * Brazil’s current population is 209,663,394 (09/26/2017)
 * Its population makes up 2.77% of the total population and their median age is 31.7
 * It has a total land area of 8,358,140 km2 and a population density of 25 per km2

Brazil is in Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model. ||



Question: What do you think makes Brazil's young people fluctuate more throughout the population pyramid more than any other age group?

There are is a lot of Folk Culture in Brazil. One example is Carnivals. They are a very important part of brazil's culture and the whole country takes time out of their year to celebrate. Carnivals could be seen as Pop culture due to the fact that they are so popular, but I think that the underlying idea is Folk culture. There is always a lot of colour, music and dancing. Folk music that is used describes life in brazil and is created by tribes, who also create their own dances to the songs which are performed during the Carnival parades. https://comingtobrazil.weebly.com/folk-and-popular-culture.html

This picture shows Carnival, in Rio.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8607/16645871522_76d5d82fdd_o_d.jpg

Question: Do you think that Carnivals should be considered Pop culture since they are so popular?

__Language in Brazil__

The principal language spoken in Brazil is Portuguese and they have a 91% literacy rate. Other languages spoken in BRazil include Catalan, Dutch, and Japanese which all have about 380,000 speakers. There are 237 individual languages for Brazil, 216 of which are living and 21 are now extinct. 201 of the living languages are indigenous to Brazil and 15 are non-indigenous.

On of the main problems in Brazil with Language is the translation from Portuguese to English. Some brazilian Portuguese speakers have difficulty reproducing how the voice rises and falls when speaking english, they also struggle with pronunciation of words. Which, can be due to the fact that English has many more (vowel and consonant) sounds than Portuguese does.

[|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW0YZeDtClo__] I really like this video because it describes the difference using one example about how the Brazilian portuguese accent is different to an authentic Portuguese accent (someone from Portugal).

Resources: [|__http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/langdiff/portuguese.htm__] [|__https://www.ethnologue.com/country/BR__]

Question: Why do you think it is important for people of Portugal and Brazil to know both accents?

__Religion In Brazil__ > >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>
 * __ What religions are prevalent? __
 *  Christian religions:
 *  Catholic
 *  Protestant
 *  Methodist
 *  Episcopal
 *  Pentecostal
 *  Lutheran
 *  Baptist
 *  Non-christian religions
 *  Jewish
 *  Muslim (or Islam)
 *  Buddhist
 *  Jehovah’s Witness
 *  Shinto
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Rastafarian
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Candomble
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> Umbanda

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__ What is the history of religion in your country? __
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> The most dominant religion in Brazil is Christianity. It was introduced to the country when the European settlers arrived. There was many native people living in Brazil at the time, all with their own religions and practices but, they were forced, very violently, to convert to Catholicism. They built churches and brought religious leaders with them to teach the people the doctrines of Catholicism. There are now more Catholics in Brazil than in any other country in the world. This is why you don’t see indigenous communities among the major religions practiced in Brazil.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__ How did it spread? __
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> It spread due to European and Portuguese settlers violently forcing natives to convert to Catholicism, to the point where they nearly erased all the religious and cultural features of these communities.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__ Has there been any significant religious conflict? __
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> There has been prejudice against religions of African decent. Police have been called in to break up conflicts between Evangelical Brazilians, who represent 15 percent of the population, and religious Afro-Brazilians, 0.3 percent of the population.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> __Question:__ How different do you think Brazil would be (in terms of religions) if Europeans had not settled and tried to eradicate all other forms of religion?

[|__http://www.brazil.org.za/religion.html__] [|__http://thebrazilbusiness.com/article/all-about-religions-in-brazil__] [|__http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/2830__]