Brazilian Stereotypes
Is this the true religion of Brazil?
Brazil is a huge country both in area (15 times bigger than France) and in population (almost 200 million people), but it still has some stereotypes that maybe true about it.
The first one would be that we all love football and I have to say that it's a fact. Everyone in Brazil knows what is happening in the football world , even if they don't like it.
Carnival and samba are also very famous Brazilian traditions. Even thought they're very popular, there are some people (specially young ones) that hate it and prefer international music, especially from US. It's also not true that there's carnival all over the year (it's only a week out of 52 in a year).
Another famous one is that people are always happy and dancing, obviously this is not true. As in any other country some people are optimistic, some aren't, some like to dance, some don't.
Another historical stereotype is that women are all beautiful, which is also not quite correct. There are some beautiful women, but mostly they're as beautiful as women from any other country in the world.
A new stereotype is that in Brazil you can see ''favelas'' (very poor neighbourhoods) everywhere. Unfortunately it's pretty common in all of Brazil's big cities. The corrupt government is also another stereotype that's sadly quite accurate.
By Lucas Molero
The first one would be that we all love football and I have to say that it's a fact. Everyone in Brazil knows what is happening in the football world , even if they don't like it.
Carnival and samba are also very famous Brazilian traditions. Even thought they're very popular, there are some people (specially young ones) that hate it and prefer international music, especially from US. It's also not true that there's carnival all over the year (it's only a week out of 52 in a year).
Another famous one is that people are always happy and dancing, obviously this is not true. As in any other country some people are optimistic, some aren't, some like to dance, some don't.
Another historical stereotype is that women are all beautiful, which is also not quite correct. There are some beautiful women, but mostly they're as beautiful as women from any other country in the world.
A new stereotype is that in Brazil you can see ''favelas'' (very poor neighbourhoods) everywhere. Unfortunately it's pretty common in all of Brazil's big cities. The corrupt government is also another stereotype that's sadly quite accurate.
By Lucas Molero