This document summarizes communication between students in Cyprus and Brazil as part of an ePal connection project. It outlines similarities between the two groups such as celebrations, sports, and school subjects. Differences between Cyprus and Brazil are also noted, such as country size, first languages, additional school subjects, musical styles, food, climate, and cultural variations within Brazil. Excerpts from letters between the ePals are provided that describe their homes, interests, and cultural celebrations. Sources of the information are listed as email exchanges between the students and Google.

1. ePal connection
Project “The Way We Are”
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Cyprus & Brazil
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Shawky
Allam
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CYPRIOTS BRAZILIANS
 George Danilo
 Vasiliki Aline
 Panayiotis Gabriella
 Maria A. Francisco
 Costantina Thais Carneiro
 Sotia Isabelle
 Gia Thais F.
 Andreas Andre
 Katerina Kaka
ePals match

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Cyprus-Larnaca Brazil-Belo
Horizonte

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Larnaca Belo Horizonte

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Our Similarities
 celebrations (Easter, Christmas, New Year's
day, Carnival, birthdays)
 sports (football, volley, basketball, handball)
 school timetable hours
 subjects (Maths, Biology, Chemistry, History,
Religious studies, P.E, English, Physics,
Geography,)

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Our differences
Cyprus
 Size:9,250 SQ KM
 First language is
Greek
 At school we also
study Ancient Greek
 Music ( pop, Greek
music, rap, hip hop,
rock)
Brazil
 Size: 8,456,510 SQ KM
 First language is
Portuguese
 At school they also
study Philosophy
 Music (brazilian samba,
forrό, pagode, folia de
reis, axé, funk)

7.  Food: we eat a lot of
meat (souvla and
souvlaki, chicken),
potatoes, beans, salad
 Climate (four seasons
- cold winter with
occasional snow at
Troodos mountain and
extended hot summer)
 Food - feijoada made
with black beans and
pork meat, rice and
beans are very
common
 Climate (most of the
time it is hot so they
wear summer clothes
all year round)
more differences

8.  Our cultural celebrations are
mainly the same in the whole
country
 Culture varies by state
(Different celebrations in
the north where the Amazon
forest is -there are saints
celebrations and others
because there are Indians in
the area)
 On New Year’s Eve people
go in the streets and it’s very
common to go to the beach
and see fireworks
more differences

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Interesting bits from our ePals
´letters
 I was born …in Salvador-Bahia, but now I am
living in Belo Horizonte-Minas Gerais.
 Sometimes I read a book. The last one was
The Huner of Kites. I loved it!
 When I was a kid, I had a dream. It was… a
dog, but as I travel a lot, my dad never gave
me one.
 My favorite TV show is Greek.

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Interesting bits from our ePals
´letters
 Belo Horizonte… is a great city to live.
 There are some kinds of songs that are unique to
my area,like "forró" and "folia de reis”.
 We celebrate Christmas… At midnight we usually
exchange presents and play a game. Before the
party we take a piece of paper with a name, and
than we buy a present to this person. Then you say
some caracteristics about this person to your family
so they can find out who is. It's very nice, but i don't
like very much Christmas, I don't know why.

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Interesting bits from our ePals’
letters
 …The only part I enjoy, is the presents
exchange!
 Carnival… it's the best party of all !
 Actually, I´m not involved in any specific
project, but last year there was a Social
Action for child of slums.
 My favorite teacher is Cristiane because she
is nice

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Sources
 Our email exchange
 www.google.com

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Thank you!
Shawky Allam!