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Capital:
Brasilia
Population:
186,405,000
Currency:
real (BRL)
Religions:
Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census)
Government:
federative republic
Languages:
Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
Climate:
mostly tropical, but temperate in south
Phone Code:
55

Festivals in Brazil

Carnaval [article]
Boi Bumba [article]
Carnaval in Salvador [photo gallery]
Salvador Carnaval [photo gallery]
Carnival in Rio [video]
Chemical Music Festival [web site]
Curitiba Chemical Music Festival [web site]

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Pilot Guides: Destination Brazil

As seen on TV and formally known as Lonely Planet the Pilot Guides are undoubtedly champions of the travel world.

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and covers half of South America. The world's biggest jungle, The Amazon, fills nearly half of the country. Due to the colonial history, Brazilians speak Portuguese, and with more than 150 million people they form the largest Catholic nation on earth.

Traveller Ian Wright visits the historic North East, from Salvador following the coast to the mouth of the mighty Amazon, the world's largest river. He then goes to Rio de Janeiro, a lively melting pot of Portuguese settlers and African slaves, the home of Samba, soccer, and carnival capital of the world.

Along the way

  • Attend a Candomble ceremony, one of the fastest growing and most popular cults in Brazil, brought over by African slaves
  • Go down a mine in the colonial town of Lançois where diamond miners are still at work
  • Follow a guide into the heart of the rainforest
  • Visit Rio de Janeiro, its modern Museum of Contemporary Art, and the world famous temple to soccer, Maracana
  • Join Rio Carnival's street parties and the Samba parades for the maddest night of your life!

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