Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Top 10 best carnivals destinations only in Brazil

Brazil is the country of Carnival, and this selection is highlighted 10 best carnivals destinations in Brazil. In the country, there are carnivals everywhere, and often out of season, but there are areas that stand out for culture, diversity, and a "push" media. Until the last century, the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro was considered the best in the country, but the Carnival of Salvador grew absurdly and currently receives 2.5 million revelers in the 6 - day festival. In 2015, the Bahian government invested R $ 87.9 million to carry out the popular street carnival.

10.Fortaleza, CE

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The Northeast stands out in the country in this period as a region of joy, relaxation, and celebration. In Fortaleza, it is customary to feast occur well before the carnival week, and this Carnival is tenth in this selection of the 10 best carnivals destinations in Brazil. The clearance party has varied rhythms of music, away from the hegemony of samba.
And what stands out most are maracatu groups and dances with vibration Iracema Beach and Avenue Domingos Olimpio, major sites of Ceará carnival.

9.Manaus, AM

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The creation of Carnaboi party is joining the carnival hit and traditions of Boi Bumba, becoming famous Carnival in the Amazon. The biggest revelry in the country's North joint to traditional associations that are rivals in the Boi Bumba parties, ie, Guaranteed and Capricious.
The Manaus Carnival maintains the tradition originated in the early 20th century, the great parade of traditional costumes, that takes place in the historic city center.

8.Florianópolis, SC

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The Carnival this place is cheerful and unprejudiced; gays, lesbians, and supporters heading to Magic Island to enjoy a quiet and lively street party. At the city center, the samba schools parade on catwalk Nego Quirido.

7.Diamantina, MG

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Carnival is tanned by the crowd, among narrow streets full of old houses, no time to finish. In five days of the festival, it is 24 hours of festivity. By day, the caricatured blocks attract attention. And at night, the Bartucada groups and Bat Cave direct the batucada. And it all takes place in the Old Market Square, with the gathering of more than 15 000 people daily.

6.Olinda, PE

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Olinda to the present is characterized by one of the most popular folk carnivals and country. The dolls of Olinda, giants, in the crowd, draw attention by parading dozens of blocks. The tradition of giant puppets, which began in Belém de São Francisco, received the hills of Olinda in the year 1932 with the Midnight Man doll created.
In 2008, the business and cultural producer Leandro Castro were responsible for creating a new generation of Giants Dolls. Were materialized icons of history and culture of Brazil and international personalities like Pedro I, Ariano Suassuna, Nelson Mandela
There are also 500 carnival groups parading through the streets of Olinda Historic Centre; the frevo clubs, maracatu blocks, afoxés, mockeries, and caboclinhos depart for streets.

5.Recife, PE

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Recife's Carnaval is determined multifaceted, with impeccable programming. Every year the traditional parades of samba schools are presented; not to mention the roadblocks and shows of various styles in party nights.

4.São Luiz do Paraitinga, SP

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São Luís do Paraitinga is a small town with 10,000 inhabitants, but it is the best state of Carnival, with lots of entertainment. The party began popular and original, and Carnival typically street where only play traditional marches.

3.Ouro Preto, MG

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The Ouro Preto Carnival is popular throughout the country, being the party of the republics, and is third in this selection of the 10 best carnivals of destinations in Brazil. The city has a massive presence of the university, and most of the blocks have an organization by houses of students as Cabrobró.
But there is more organized by residents of Ouro Preto, to include the oldest carnival group in the country; Zé Pereira dos Retainers, which since 1867 gives animation to party with giant puppets.

2.Rio de Janeiro - RJ

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The city is pure samba and weeks prior to the official start of Carnival, initiated is the intense life of the party atmosphere. The culmination of the Carnival is special group parade of samba schools , the Marques de Sapucai, with traditional schools that helped popularize the party in the country.
And there are options for all tastes and styles. The road blocks are characteristic for diversity, from north to south, commanding animation of the popular Carnival. The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is the second position in this selection of the 10 best carnivals destinations in Brazil.

1.Salvador, BA

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The Bahian capital itself is party representation, Carnival, and joy. The party is an amazing feature that starts weeks before the official date, one of the most famous in the world. There
are dozens of electric trios the city with famous artists of Bahian music, as Chiclete com Banana, Cláudia Leitte; not counting Timbalada and Olodum. The main circuits of Salvador have successfully Bahian party going, Dodo, Osmar and Batatinha.

Top 10 highest mountains of Brazil

Since the dawn of humanity, long climb the mountain for no apparent reason. The motivations of the people who seek the peak of the mountain are many, such as resilience, sense of achievement, transcendence. Unfortunately, not everyone who tried failed, some fall by the wayside, others become statistics of deaths during the climb. The highest mountain in the world , Mount Everest, is also the record holder in victims. It is 8,848 m altitude above sea level .

Top 10 greatest passions of Brazilians

The Ibope Institute conducted a survey commissioned by AMBEV, with the question: "What is the biggest passion of Brazil?". The IBOPE interviewed 1,969 people by telephone in July throughout the country, considering the responses of people aged above 18 years.
The result could be another 77% responded spontaneously, " Football ". Then, to the surprise of all comes the beer as the second greatest passion of Brazilians, 35%.
But what really draws attention is the answer "family", are very few, 9% and tied with "car" and "soap opera". That Brazil is the one beer, carnival, rum comes before family?

Top 10 greatest passions of Brazilians

10.Novel = 9%

soap operasA popular culture of Brazil became watch soap operas. Custom rendering good audience, especially for the female audience with 13% considered one of the passions, against only 4% of the male opinion. In total 9% gave this response.

9.Car = 9%

carsWith the market heated cars , and the good growth of the Brazilian economy, the car has become almost a necessity. 10% of men declare the car as the Brazilian passion, against 8% among women. Total 9%.

8.Family = 9%

familyOnly 9% of respondents recalled the importance of the family. Because the banalities that occur gaining national prominence daughter killing parents, parents throwing daughter out the window, among others, just to tarnish the image of the family. Still, 11% of women were spontaneous in response, compared to 7% among men.
 

7.Cachaça = 10%

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With 10% cachaça was in 7th place with a strong presence among the Northeast. Brazilians are experts in this drink, create, mix and make drinks of all kinds. 10% of women and 11% of men.
 

6.Beach = 13%

beachBrazil is internationally recognized for its beautiful beaches, it is considered by 13% of Brazilians as a national passion . 14% M 12% x H.
 

5.Barbecue = 20%

BBQ between the Brazilian preferencesAs said the Gaucho Frontier: "♫ BBQ and good mate, fandango, drink, and woman - is what the old man like ... ♫." Said and done, BBQ was in 5th place with 20% of responses and woman in the 4th place. However, among women, it was 21% versus 19% among men by the barbeque.
 

4.Female = 22%

womenWith expressive and overwhelming responses of men (33%), it was expected that few women would respond "woman" (13%).
 

3.Carnival = 30%

Carnival the third largest Brazilian passionThis answer was the only agreement between the female and male. Both 30%. Definitely, a popular party rooted in the culture of Brazil.
 

2.Beer = 35%

beer one of the passions of BraziliansBeer of Happy Hours with friends, the weekend, the team's celebration , everything is a reason to drink one of the passions elected by 35% of respondents. Among men 36%, among women 34%.
 

1.Football = 77%

SoccerNational unanimity. Even I would answer "football." 82% among men and 72% among women, it was confirmed the expected.
More than 150 million people who declare rooting for a club , and in time of World Cup , the country stops for 90 minutes for the game Brazilian Team.

Top 10 richest men in Brazil in 2016

The year 2016 promises and we have many changes in the rankings this year. One is the rise of Jorge Moll Son, billionaires hospitals D'Or St. Louis.
According to the magazine Forbes billionaires rankings in 2016, Brazil has only 31 billionaires, 24 less than in 2015 when it was presented 55 billionaires.
Success is goal of all these people and serve as examples of achievements through daily struggles and battles, but these high achievers were not rich from night to day. They were years of sweat per cent, and this explains the advanced age of most of them. We will them:

Top 10 richest men in Brazil in 2016

10.Walter Faria - U $ 2.6 billion - Grupo Petrópolis

10-walter-fariaAfter buying Cervejaria Petrópolis in 1998, Walter Faria has increased from 2 to 11% of the domestic beer market. Its major brands are Itaipava and Crystal beers, occupying the 6th and 7th among the most sold in the country . It has established itself as the second brewery in the market, behind only Ambev. Compared to 2015, his fortune fell from $ 3.4 billion to $ 2.6 currently, however, he achieved great things, naming two arenas of the World Cup, Recife and Salvador, as Itaipava Arena.

9.Moreira Salles Brothers - U $ 2.8 billion - Itaú Unibanco SA

9-moreira-salles-brothers-1Fernando Roberto Moreira Salles, 69, is one of four brothers heirs of his late father Walter Moreira Salles, founder of Unibanco. After the merger of Unibanco and Itau in 2008, each has a controlling stake in the largest bank in Latin America today. Each of the brothers has a net worth of 2.8 billion dollars.


9-moreira-salles-brothers-2João Moreira Salles, 54, is one of the four brothers are heirs of Unibanco, now part of Itaú. Despite coming from a family of bankers, he chose to be a documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He has produced and created several documentaries through his production company founded in 1987 VideoFilmes.


9-moreira-salles-brothers-3Pedro Moreira Salles, 56, also has a stake in Itau Unibanco. In addition to this source of income, Peter is a partner of Cambuhy Investment investment company. In 2015, the company acquired a Hering, the largest network of retail franchises in Brazil. It also has participation in Parnaiba Natural Gas (PGN).


9-moreira-salles-brothers-4Walter Moreira Salles Junior, 59, belongs to a family of older bankers of the country. In addition to participating in the Itaú-Unibanco, he and his brothers are majority shareholders in Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM), the leading global provider of niobium.


8.Jorge Moll Filho - $ 3 billion - Rede D'Or São Luiz

8-jorge-moll-filhoJorge, 71, is a cardiologist and master of public health from UFRJ. It is a businessman and owner of one of the largest operators of hospitals and laboratories in Brazil. Currently, Rede D'Or has 31 hospitals and 3 more units under construction between the states of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Distrito Federal and Pernambuco. In 2010, it acquired control of the hospital group São Luiz, totaling 34,000 employees, 4,900 beds and 3 million per year emergency calls.

7.Abilio Diniz - US $ 3.4 billion - Carrefour and investments

7-abilio-dinizWith residence in São Paulo, Abilio Diniz, 78, 6 children, controls the holding Peninsula Holdings, with investments in Dufry AG, BRG Brazil Foods, BCAA Education and most significant investment in Carrefour, where it holds 10% of the shares in the units in Brazil. That's right, after selling all his shares of Grupo Pão de Açúcar, founded by his father Diniz acts in the former competitor. He is also considering selling its 62 buildings that rent to Supermarkets Sugar Loaf to buy more shares in Carrefour.

 

6.Marino Brothers - US $ 4.3 billion each - Globo

6-marino-brothers-1José Roberto Marinho (known internally as "Joe") is married and has 59 years. He is the son and heir of the founder of the Globo group , Roberto Marinho. The entire conglomerate built, was divided among the three children following this ranking. José holds the position of vice president in conjunction with João Roberto Marinho. The older brother, Roberto Irineu Marinho, is the president of the company that became the world's second largest media conglomerate.


6-marino-brothers-2João Roberto Marinho is the 3 brothers billionaires of Globo Organizations and participation. Together they total more than R $ 50 billion in assets. The company of the Navy expanded so much in recent years that got only 6 billion profit in 2012, in a total revenue of 12 billion. The novels are one of the most prominent international products and are sold to more than 100 countries . John has 61 years and is married to Gisela Marino. He is currently president of the Editorial Board and vice president of the company.

6-marino-brothers-3Roberto Irineu Marinho, 67, married with four children, is one of the most influential men in Brazil through the Globo Organizations. As owner and president of the group, controls 5 own stations to broadcast TV and over 117 affiliates. It also controls more than 30 cable channels: Megapix, Gloob, GNT, Multishow, Viva, Bis +, Globosat HD OFF, Combat, SporTV, PFC, GloboNews and network Telecine . The company operates in various other sectors such as print media, radio and has one of the most important of Brazil recorders, the SOM FREE .
Roberto and his family also supports charity through the Roberto Marinho Foundation.

5.Eduardo Saverin - US $ 6.2 billion - Facebook and investments

5-eduardo-saverinEduardo (32 years) continues on the 6th place with a net worth estimated at $ 5.1 billion (youngest on the list). He was one of the co-founders of Facebook along with Mark Zuckerberg. Today it has 2.5% shares in the social network. According to Forbes, the increase of his fortune was due to investments in several startups like Qwiki, Jumio, Hampton Creek Foods and Silvercar. And above all, the high valuation of Facebook IPO in recent years. Currently Saverin lives in Singapore.

4.Carlos Alberto Sicupira - U $ 11.3 billion - Anheuser-Busch Inbev

4-carlos-alberto-sicupiraThis entrepreneur 67, is part of a successful trio. Together with Jorge Paulo Lemann and Marcell Telles, control the brewery Anheuser-Busch Inbev (Inbev) , the world's largest brewer, with 25% global market share and besides being one of the five largest companies in the world in consumer products. It is also one of the network owners of fast food Burger King , one of the biggest franchises in the world .


3.Marcel Herrmann Telles - $ 13 billion - Anheuser-Busch Inbev

3-marcel-herrmann-tellesThis 65 - year-man is born brewer, founded AmBev with the merger of Antartica and Brahma and then joined with the Belgian brewer Interbrew, and so did the InBev,  and later with the purchase of Budweiser became the ABInBev , the world's largest brewer. With its partners, Jorge Paulo Lemann and Carlos Alberto Sicupira manage and control the reign of domestic beer and retail giant, Lojas Americanas .


2.Joseph Safra - US $ 17.2 billion - Safra

2-joseph-safraThis Lebanese in Brazil saw an opportunity to grow and invest. Naturalized Brazilian and founded the Safra Bank - one of the 10 largest banks in Brazil - with his brothers. However, it does not stop there. Invested in Aracruz Celulose SA , a telephone company in Israel and several smaller banks around the world. In 2014, his fortune was estimated at $ 16 billion, showing some stability in business.


1.Jorge Paulo Lemann - U $ 27.8 billion - Anheuser-Busch Inbev

1-jorge-paulo-lemannThere's no way to speak of George not to mention their partners. This Rio de Janeiro 75 years, so the beer trio along with Marcel Telles and Carlos Alberto Sicupira control ABInBev , the world's largest brewer. If you drink a Skol, Brahma, Antarctica, Pepsi or Guarana Antartica, you are contributing to these three fortune. They are also owners of Lojas Americanas, Americanas.com, Submarino.com, Burger King in Brazil and recently acquired together with Warren Buffet the Heinz ketchup (catsup the most consumed in the world). Since the fall of Batista , Jorge occupies the second time the first position among the richest men in Brazil.

Meet the 10 beach towns with the cheapest hotels in Brazil

With the year end approaching, everyone is starting to get smart on beach in every holiday before Christmas and New Year and amend a summer season with sea, sun, shade and water (coconut) fresh in January.
It turns out that sometimes left over month at the end of the money, the money is quite short and we can not spend a holiday in Angra dos Reis and Fernando de Noronha. Is not it? Yeah, but we produced a list that can help you - a lot - in choosing your next beach destination at any time of year.
Based on data from the Hotel Price Index trivago (tHPI) , we selected the ten cities of beach in Brazil with the lowest price average last year. Paracuru, in Ceara, is the destination more affordable, with an average of R $ 168. In all, eight Brazilian states are in the top 10, especially Ceará and Santa Catarina , with two cities each.