Author: The Brasilians NewsPaper
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Diy Figment Postcard
Tati Vitsic – a carioca artist and designer residing in NYC – will participate in FIGMENT NYC 2019. The art festival will take place on the weekend of June 1 and 2 at Lighthouse Park on Roosevelt Island, New York. The project by Tati Vitsic (photo) – “DIY FIGMENT Postcard” – is an interactive activity…
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Estação Primeira de Mangueira is the Champion of Carnival 2019
Estação Primeira de Mangueira is the great champion of the 2019 Rio Carnival. The results of the special group in Rio de Janeiro were announced early on Ash Wednesday evening. A Mangueira paraded at Sapucaí, with the theme “História pra ninar gente grande,” by the carnival designer Leandro Vieira. The school told the story of…
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Vila de Paranapiacaba
In 1850, Irineu Evangelista de Souza, the Baron of Mauá, committed to the construction of a railway, and in 1856, an Imperial Decree granted him the privilege of construction and a 90-year term for its operation. By 1860, he managed to gather enough capital and formed the company The São Paulo Railway Company Ltd. –…
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The Overview of Carnival 2019
For the first time, Mancha Verde is the grand champion of the Special Group of the São Paulo carnival in 2019. With the theme “Oxalá, save the princess. The saga of a black warrior,” the school brought to Anhembi the story of an African princess Aqualtune, grandmother of Zumbi dos Palmares, and discussed slavery, the…
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Without Water, There Is No Health
Do you know the importance of water for the functioning of your body? It’s simple to understand. Of the total composition of the human body, 70% or more is water. And it has several functions. Water acts, for example, as a solvent, diluting substances, including nutrients, and carrying them to the cells. Furthermore, it helps…
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Yane Marques
The athlete was born in the city of Afogados da Ingazeira, in Pernambuco, on January 7, 1984. From a young age, she showed her interest in sports. She began her sports career as a swimmer at the Clube Náutico Capibaribe in Recife, where she moved at the age of eleven. Yane discovered her passion for…
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W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English poet, literary critic, and playwright, who became a naturalized American. He was considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was born in the city of York, England, on February 21, 1907. The son of a doctor, he showed an interest in…
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Xenophanes
Xenophanes (570 – 475 B.C.) was a philosopher, poet, and sage of Ancient Greece, one of the most important philosophers of the Eleatic school. Along with Parmenides and Zeno, he was later classified as a pre-Socratic philosopher, as Greek philosophy became centered around the figure of Socrates. Xenophanes, or Xenophanes of Colophon, was born in…
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Brazil in the Global Food Market
How will the world feed a global population of billions by the year 2050? This is one of the questions that the Department of Animal Sciences at Virginia Tech discussed with counterparts from the University of São Paulo. They met during a symposium earlier this year in Brazil on topics such as animal welfare and…
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USA and Brazil in Wheat Protection
Farmers growing wheat around the world share a common fear: crops destroyed by a disease called wheat blast. The fungal disease first emerged in Brazil in 1985 and wiped out a third of Brazil’s wheat crop in 2009. It is now spreading. With funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, researchers at Kansas State University…