2. Brazil is located in southAmerica.
It is the biggest country in South America.
It is boarded byVenezuela, Suriname, French Guiana and
Guyana etc.
3. Children in Brazil go to school for about four hours in the
morning or afternoon.
The school year runs from February to December.
A lot of schools require uniform.
¾ of Brazilian children go to school, the other ¼ work,
especially in city’s.
4. The word Brazil came from the tree Brazil wood.
5. Brazilians play music which they learned from the Native
Indians.
They also like to play and sing choros or folk tunes.
The berimbaus is a Brazilian instrument, it has one string and
is played with a bow.
Guitars, banjos, drums and maracas
are also other popular instruments.
6. Brazil has the longest river in the world known as… the river
Amazon.
It contains more water than any other river on earth, it flows
through (ideally named) theAmazon Rainforest witch
stretches for thousands of kilometres. Over ¼ of the worlds
wildlife live in theAmazon rainforest, including Parrots,
Monkeys and
Jaguars.
7. Brazil grows a wide variety of tropical fruits, such as Bananas,
melons and mangoes.The fruit is sold at local markets and at
huge city-centre supermarkets, many of which are open 24
hours a day.
The national dish of Brazil is feijoada, a mixture of pork,
black beans, spices and rice. It is served throughout the
country and is usually eaten at lunchtime.
