Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 76 views

    Brazil

    Uploaded by

    MIHAI DANIEL GURALIUC
    Brazilians celebrate Christmas with traditions that originate from their Portuguese heritage as well as influences from European immigrants. Some key traditions include creating nativity scenes called presépios, attending Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, decorating Christmas trees, caroling, and having a large Christmas dinner that includes foods from European countries like turkey, ham and rice. Similar to Santa Claus, the gift giver in Brazil is called Papai Noel who children believe secretly leaves gifts on Christmas Day.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Brazil

    Uploaded by

    MIHAI DANIEL GURALIUC
    76 views8 pages
    Brazilians celebrate Christmas with traditions that originate from their Portuguese heritage as well as influences from European immigrants. Some key traditions include creating nativity scenes called presépios, attending Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, decorating Christmas trees, caroling, and having a large Christmas dinner that includes foods from European countries like turkey, ham and rice. Similar to Santa Claus, the gift giver in Brazil is called Papai Noel who children believe secretly leaves gifts on Christmas Day.

    Original Description:

    prezentare ppt

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Brazilians celebrate Christmas with traditions that originate from their Portuguese heritage as well as influences from European immigrants. Some key traditions include creating nativity scenes called presépios, attending Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, decorating Christmas trees, caroling, and having a large Christmas dinner that includes foods from European countries like turkey, ham and rice. Similar to Santa Claus, the gift giver in Brazil is called Papai Noel who children believe secretly leaves gifts on Christmas Day.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    76 views8 pages

    Brazil

    Uploaded by

    MIHAI DANIEL GURALIUC
    Brazilians celebrate Christmas with traditions that originate from their Portuguese heritage as well as influences from European immigrants. Some key traditions include creating nativity scenes called presépios, attending Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, decorating Christmas trees, caroling, and having a large Christmas dinner that includes foods from European countries like turkey, ham and rice. Similar to Santa Claus, the gift giver in Brazil is called Papai Noel who children believe secretly leaves gifts on Christmas Day.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 8

    • Brazilians are a mix of people from many parts of the

    world, and as aformer Portuguese colony, they have many


    Christmas customs whichoriginate from this heritage.
    • One tradition is to create anativity scene or
    Presépio. Theword origins from the
    word"presepium" which means thebed of
    straw upon which Jesusfirst slept in
    Bethlehem. ThePresépio is common
    innortheastern Brazil. ThePresépio was
    introduced in the17th century, in the city of
    Olindain the state of Pernambuco by
    aFranciscan friar named Gasparde Santo
    Agostinho. Nowadayspresépios are set up in
    Decemberand displayed in churches,homes,
    and stores.
    • On Christmas Eve, thousands of devout Catholics
    attend the "Missa do Galo" orMidnight Mass.
    Masses are also organised on December 25 in the
    morning andlater afternoon. Christmas
    decorations in the country involve setting up
    Christmastrees in individual homes and adorning
    them beautifully with decorative itemssuch as
    lights, plastic balls and glass balls.A highlight of
    Christmas celebrations in Brazil is making huge
    Christmas "trees"of electric lights.These "electric
    trees" can be seen against the night skies in major
    cities such asBrasilia, São Paulo, and Rio de
    Janeiro throughout the season.
    • Caroling is quite a popular custom here. Various christmas carols
    are sung during Christmas tocommemorate the birth of Christ.A
    number of Christmas songs (pastorils and others) are sung on
    theoccassion."Noite Feliz" ("Silent Night") is probably the song
    most associatedwith Christmas in Brazil.
    • The beginning of the previous century saw many immigrants
    coming from Europeand other parts of the world and
    settling in Brazil.As a natural consequence, the festivals
    celebrated in the country began to beobserved in diverse
    ways and influenced by different traditions that these
    peoplebrought with them.Christmas is not an exception. The
    food eaten in Brazil (specially in the Southstates) during
    Christmas came from Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and
    othercountries.The traditional Christmas dinner here
    includes roasted turkey, vegetables andfruits. A huge
    Christmas dinner menu includes turkey, ham, colored rice,
    andwonderful fresh vegetable and fruit dishes.The less
    fortunate have rice with chicken or with beans. In some
    regions the feaststarts on Christmas Eve around 9 pm, while
    at other places it is eaten at midnightwith the children being
    served first.
    • Like Santa Claus in the U.S., Papai Noel
    (Father Noel) is the giftbringer in Brazil.
    According to legend, he lives in Greenland
    andresembles Santa in many ways. Papai Noel
    can also remind you ofChile's "Viejo
    Pascuero" (Easter Old Man). This gift-giver
    ofchildren is depicted as wearing a red fur coat
    with boots andcarrying a bag full of presents.
    He is believed to secretly leave gifts atthe
    house of every good child on Christmas Day.
    Children wake upearly on Christmas morning
    to look for gifts from this benevolentcharacter.
    • Project made by:
    • Vlase Claudiu
    • Popescu Bianca
    • Petrescu Andrei
    • Cernica Bianca

    You might also like