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The richness of the culture and its variety comes from the people, one of the most ethnically diverse in the world. The south experienced a massive immigration of Germans and Italians, and also Russian, Polish and Ukrainian immigration to a lesser degree.
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One version of the history of Brazil's ethnicity explains that when the Portuguese first started colonizing the country, there weren't many European women in the colony. However, there were plenty of women amongst Indians and black slaves. It seems that the Portuguese
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This highly mixed people created a rich diverse culture. From the Capoeira, a kind of martial art created by the African slaves and very popular in northeast Brazil, to the Brazilian version of the German Oktoberfest in Blumenau, in the state of Santa Catarina.
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To the original inhabitants (Indians) were added successive waves of Europeans (mainly Portuguese) and Africans (mostly from the sub-Saharan west coast). Native American influence is more obvious in the Amazons basin. Many regional dishes, dances
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