Brazil A project in development..

Culture

The culture of actual Brazil has been formed for a big amount of ethnic traditions. The first Portuguese colonists arrive with a many of customs and words that was different of the nature dialects. In the age colonial millions of Black African salves who were brought and taken to Brazil, they added an African element to Brazilian culture life. Their religious rites were mixed with Roman Catholicism for formed the unique afro-Brazilian cult that is notable in theirs exotic ceremonies. The most influential of these cults is Camdomble.

In addition in Brazil is a country where is a predominantly societies with European bases, these customs were transmitted mainly by the colonist: Portuguese, Italians, Germans and Spaniards.

Libraries and Museums

Most of states maintain public libraries in theri capitals; some have suburban branches. Mst cities have public library systems. In particular the city of Rio de Janeiro, has The national Arcvhive (1838) contains a collection primarily concerned with Brazilian History. The national Lbrary (1814), also in Rio de Janeiro, contains 7,789,00 books, 672,000 manuscrits, 80,000engravings and maps, and many periodicals. The library serves as the national copyright register.

Too in Rio de janeiro are the Museum of Modern Art it was founden in 1948, which house collections from many countries and offers courses of study, concerts, and films; The national Museum (1818), which has about 1.5 million specimens in exhibition, most of which concern geology, botany, and anthropology; and the Museum of the Indian (1953). Most larger cities have municipal museums.