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Brazil, the country you don't know (Part 1)
Hi there! How are you?
I was reading some international texts on the Internet about my country, and I found an excellent text written by a Dutch writter. I liked it not only because I'm Brazilian, but also because this text shows the way Brazil really is.
Brazilians feel that the whole world is good (to live in), except for Brazil. Actually, it seems like an addiction to speak ill of Brazil. Every place has its positive and negative points, but foreigners talk about the positive points and Brazillians only talk about the negative. In Holland, the results of the election take a very long time because nothing is automatic.
There is only one telephone company and believe me, if you call complaining about the service, there runs a risk of having your phone temporarily disconnected.
In the United States and in Europe, no one has the habit of picking up sandwiches with napkins or washing their hands before eating. In bakeries, fairs, and butcheries, european attendants receive money and deliver bread or meat with the same dirty hands.
In London, there is a infamous place that sells fried potatoes rolled into sheets of newspaper, and there is a queue of people waiting to buy the potatoes.
In Europe, non-smokers are a minority. If you request a table for non-smokers the waiter laughs, since tables for non-smokers do not exist. People smoke until they walk into the elevator.
In Paris, the waiters are known for their bad mood and nastiness. Any waiter of a pub in Brazil could go there give lessons on winning customers.
Do you know how the major powers destroy a people? They impose their beliefs and culture on those people.
The Brazilian language does not look like that of Portugal, but is called a Portuguese language. Since the Portuguese often do not understand Brazilian Portuguese, the two dialects are classified differently.
The Brazilians are victims of various crimes from the motherland, in terms of beliefs, culture, language, etc. As Brazilians become more enlightened, we have many reasons to redeem our cultural roots.
This research comes from researchers that work for Antropos Consulting:
1. "Brazil is the country that has had the most success in combating AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and it has been world example."
Continue reading on my next post.
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