by Thiago Rego
In the whole world, there are 195 countries, and each one of them has different types of culture and characteristic.
Around the World is gonna talk about two important countries from Central America and South America: Cuba and Brazil.
Cuba
To know more about Cuba and its aspects, We interviewed students from Cuba. Oyansi Gonzalez a 17-year-old girl was born in Matanza, Cuba.
“What are the differences and similarities between Cuba and United States?” (Reporter)
“The weather of both countries are similar, both have multiple beaches and both have Cuban and Americans citizens in their countries” (Oyansi)
“The differences are the Old Fashion houses in USA, in Cuba the houses are close to each other, not separated. In Cuba there is no fast food places, no phone companies, and no malls.” (Oyansi)
Oyansi also told us about some typical foods made in Cuba.
“ There are a lot of famous food in Cuba, the most famous foods are the Bistec encebollado con arroz y frijoles, Medianoche, Ropa Vieja and Cubano.
“What are some famous places in Cuba?” (Reporter)
“Some of the famous places in Cuba are the Paradero, Havana, Morro Castle and La Cabana” ( Oyansi)
In Cuba’s culture, they don’t celebrate Halloween and easter, but they celebrate New Year.
“The schools in both countries are very different, the education in USA is much better and the schools are bigger than Cuba’s schools. Both countries have their schools separated in grade. ( Elementary, middle, high school).” (Oyansi)
“ Can you list some famous cubans?” (Reporter)
“Fidel Castro, Jose Marti, Leonardo Padura and Ernesto Lecuona” (Oyansi)
Brazil
To know more about Brazil its culture, an interview was made with Lucas Skaf a 16-years-old boy who was born in the city of Sao Paulo.
“What are some differences and similarities between Brazil and USA?” (Reporter)
“Well, there are a lot of similarities between them. Both have similar types of music, both countries have social inequality, the malls are really similar and both have the same religions. Some of the differences are the language, the population in USA is more respectful with each other, Schools in United States have a better education and a better structure. In Brazil, they do not have social awareness. There are more beaches in Brazil than in USA.”
“What are some of the typical food from Brazil?” (Reporter)
“Some of the most famous Brazilian foods are Arroz e Feijão, Brigadeiro, Strogonoff, Parmegiana, Pão de Queijo.” ( Lucas)
“Who are some famous people from Brazil?” (Reporter)
“ Some really famous people are Mr.Catra, Mc Kelvinho, Ivete Sangalo and Neymar.” ( Lucas)
“What are some of the famous places in Brazil?” (Reporter)
“Foz do Iguaçu, Cristo Redentor, Ibirapuera” (Lucas)
“What are some differences between Brazilians schools and American schools?” (Reporter)
“Well, the schools here in USA are much more organized, they are bigger and they have a different way to grade the students. Also, in Brazil the student doesn’t change classes through the day, to go to the next period, the teacher does” (Lucas)
Brazil is really famous because of its food, the festival of Carnaval and their meat.
Brazilians celebrate Christmas, Halloween, Easter and New Year. Brazil is really famous because of their “Carnaval”.The carnival is an annual Brazilian festival held between the Friday afternoon (51 days before Easter) and Ash Wednesday at noon which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter. On certain days of Lent Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence the term “carnival,” from “carnelevare”, which means “to remove (literally, “raise”) meat.”
Doesn’t matter the differences between the countries, the religions, the culture, the clothes, and our daily life, we are all the same and we are all humans. Just because the country does have, political problems, economic problems, social awareness problems, etc.. Doesn’t mean people can disrespect their culture, population, and country. Even with the differences, we are all humans and we need to treat each other as one.