TheFOB dreams of a country where all people feel that they belong
Belonging is one of the pillars for a healthy society! In our modern-capitalist society, unfortunately not everyone "belongs" as there are problems of isolation such as homelessness, prison, asylums and various degrees of populations being marginalized. Is utopia a scenario where everyone feels like they belong, when everyone...
Brazilian Natural World
Impress a Brazilian with this Mother Nature information. Be the well read person at the dinner party! Brazil’s natural environment has 6 different biomes or ecosystems. Get your studious cap on and learn some information below:
Amazon Rainforest Ecosystem
Being the largest Brazilian biome and the largest reserve of biological diversity in the world, the Amazon rainforest biome corresponds...
Trees are Life
Full of variety, nourishment and growth, can't even imagine a life without trees.
Embaúba
The Embaúba (Cecropia obtusifolia) is a Brazilian tree known for regenerating the forests! The species produces a large quantity of seeds: it is estimated that about one million of them can be found in only one kilo. This tree is found in riparian woods mainly...
Carnival blocks, what?
They can be categorised as groups of people who go to the streets throughout Carnival season in a more or less organised way. In Brazilian Portuguese this would be called, "Blocos de Carnaval".
How do Carnival street parties work?
Generally, the carnival blocks follow predefined urban paths (main streets and avenues in the cities). They are popular and very...
Learn about Music, Costumes, Extravagance and the Spirit of Brazilian Carnival
The anthropologist and journalist Haroldo Costa states in the introduction of his book 100 years of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro:
"The Carioca carnival is one of the most legitimate expressions of the Brazilian way of being. So much so that, escaping from the geographic sphere of our city, its transformation...
Artisanal handicrafts are a culture thing! The diverse nature of Brazilian culture has resulted in unique, innovative and wonderful art characterized by the mixture or prominence of Indigenous, African or European influences. Not a lot of people know this, but Brazil has also experienced great influxes of immigrants from Japan and the Middle East. In the complex, modern, contemporary...
