Real Brazilian Portuguese & Culture
What is a Capixaba? Espírito Santo (literally means “Holy Spirit”) is a small state on the coast, squished between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro & Minas Gerais. It’s a state a lot of people say has no accent really, because each part of the state borders another state with such strong cultural and linguistic traits that [...]
I seriously cannot get enough of this… New Uncontacted Group Confirmed in Brazil The Javari Valley The newly-identified group lives in the Javari valley, a South Carolina-sized region set aside by the Brazilian government for indigenous people. About 2,000 uncontacted people are believed to live there, making it the last great stronghold of groups who’ve [...]
Tribes of the Amazon: The Amondawa Tribe and Their Unique Conceptualization of Time It’s pretty obvious to me that language influences thought. It dictates our concepts and shapes our worldview. We saw this with the Pirahã, and now with the Amondawa. I am completely fascinated by the diversity in language and customs of all of these tribal [...]
HAS ONE AMAZONIAN TRIBE CHANGED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE? Fascinating article in the New Yorker about a linguist and his lifetime adventure among the Pirahã tribe, in the Amazon. It is, at the same time, an über-geek search for the meaning of language, an academic drama involving Chomsky and the concept of “universal grammar” and the brain, a difficult [...]
The Brazilian government confirmed this week the existence of an uncontacted tribe in a southwestern area of the Amazon rain forest. Three large clearings in the area had been identified by satellite, but the population’s existence was only verified after airplane expeditions in April gathered more data, the National Indian Foundation said in a news [...]
Deforestation – The Loss Of Cancer Drugs In The Rainforest Here’s a Wikipedia Article I found on traditional Brazilian medicine. Unsurprisingly, Brazilians incorporate many plants and fruits into their traditional remedies due to the country’s astounding biodiversity. In particular, scientists are constantly discovering new species of plants with pharmacological properties in the Amazon rainforest. In truth, the Amazon is [...]
