Hey guys! Who’s ready for another edition of your favourite web series… Around the HF World! In today’s edition, I interviewed one of our most active members, a wonderful person that will always make your day. He has joined HF recently and is most of the time talking in the chat with other people, he is… Mori. Let’s find out new things about his country, Brazil!
The Country Interview
Hi Mori! Let’s start our journey by asking: What is your nationality? If you have more than one, please mention them.
Hello! I’m just brazilian, never even left the country before.
Awesome! Can you share some traditions from Brazil with us?
Oh, well, there’s A LOT to talk about. Most people don’t know, but Brazil is actually really huge, so there are sooo many traditions here. For instance, in the more northern regions we have a lot of indigenous and african culture. The thing that comes to mind first is the Carnaval, which is the most known festival we have. There are so many costumes and really big parades. Like REALLY BIG ones. During it there’s also a lot of Samba being played. I’m not an expert in Samba, but it’s a genre of music that was heavily influenced by african sounds. By the way, some people don’t know this, but Bossa Nova was born in Brazil! It is pretty much just a fusion of Samba and Jazz and probably my favorite type of brazilian music. We also have Capoeira, which is a type of dance, but also a type of martial arts! This is because it used to be a type of training when we still hadn’t abolished slavery. Basically, the african slaves would pretend that it was actually a type of dance so that they could train to protect themselves against the slave owners. It’s a really sad story, but thankfully their resistance hasn’t gone to waste and their culture is still celebrated to this day
Now, the south is a very different place, which is where i’m from actually. We still celebrate Carnaval and love Samba of course, but the southern region was influenced a lot more by european culture. I myself am from italian descent, and let me tell, a bunch of the food i eat here comes from Italy. There’s also some places that have had many germanic immigrants and even look like a city from german to this day. I remember visiting a city called Pomerode, and it looked like another country from how different the houses were built!
There is so and so much more to talk about, i didn’t even mention the japanese influence we had or about the soccer culture, but this is just the first question and i’d be here writing for a week lolSamba
What a diversity of traditions! Now, could you tell me what some traditional Brazilian foods are?
The most famous one is Feijoada of course, and oh boy i love it so much. It’s like a stew made with black beans and different kinds of meat. It comes with a bunch of side dishes too.
And then my favorite one, Brigadeiro. This one is a must have in all Brazilian birthday parties. It’s so tasty and so easy to make, just mix some condensed milk, chocolate powder and butter (or some other kind of fat) on top of a stove, and that’s it! We usually roll the result into a bunch of balls and add sprinkles.
I also love Pão de Queijo with some coffee. The literal translation means “cheese bread” so you know it’s going to be good.
We have our BBQs too, but they are very different from the american ones. I don’t really know how to explain the difference, but our Churrasco is really important for us, specially in the south.
Last one i’ll mention is Chimarrão, also known as Tereré and as Mate by our hermanos from Latin America. I think it was explained in the HF interview with the Argentinian, DearReux, so i’d check that out for more info!Brigadeiro
Amazing! I have to try these if I ever get to visit Brazil! Is there any place/places in Brazil you recommend visiting?
This is a hard one, because i’m not really the type of guy to travel a lot. The first places i can think of are Foz do Iguaçu, where there is one of the biggest waterfalls in the whole world. Really amazing view. There is also the Cristo Redentor, probably the most known monument in brazil, i would just be careful when visiting Rio de Janeiro because some regious have really high crime activity. There are also so many beautiful beaches and a so much nature to see that i can’t even name them all, so if that’s your vibe, there is a lot to choose from!
Foz do Iguaçu
Interesting places to visit! Now, please rate your country in the three categories we discussed, using a scale of 1 to 10.
Traditions: 10/10
Food: 10/10
Places: 7/10
Finally, would you recommend foreigners to visit Brazil?
Really depends where, there is still a lot of poverty, crime and inequality in our country. Some great places exist though and the people here are very friendly, so if you like tropical weather, beaches or nature, sure, give it a shot! You’ll always be welcome!
This marks the end of today’s post, peeps! Thank you so much for reading so far in the post, and hope you enjoyed it and learned one or two new things about this country from South America! Make sure to hit that like button and drop a comment on who I should interview in the next post. See you next time!
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