dilluns, 1 de desembre del 2008

Brazil

SAMBA

Folk dance and musical form of African Brazilian has been done by the world famous Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.La samba folk, also called Batucada is syncopated rhythm and is accompanied by percussion instruments and singing in the choir which alternated solistas.Se and running in groups dancing in circles or double líneas.En his version of ballroom dancing in the bar h, the samba seems to be slightly to the rumba.Originariamente is danced in couples, sometimes drop to conducting a series of steps separately, the best known are the bullet, and the wind is going and the short jaca. The samba came to the cities in the late nineteenth century and gained popularity internationally from 1920 to 1930.En the 1960s, his melodies, harmonies and rhythms were greatly influenced by a new rhythm with dyes jazz, bossa-nova. Some of the most famous authors of the Brazilian sambas are Chicinha Gonzaga, Ernesto Nazareth; Tupinamba or Jose Barbosa da Silva.



CARNAVAL

The Brazilian Carnival is an annual celebration that takes place forty days before Easter (marking the beginning of Lent). It has some variations from its European counterpart and also to differences over the Brazilian territory. Despite the Catholic inspiration rather feast is celebrated as a profane than as a religious event. Its origins go back to Europe a kind of carnival called introital ( "entry" in Latin) and entrudo in Portuguese language, which is characterized by the interplay of water thrown from one person to another to purify the body. The entrudo was banned without much success in the mid-nineteenth century, because it was considered violent by the upper social classes (it is said that some people were dying from infections and other diseases because it is sometimes threw rotten fruit). In the late nineteenth century, the cordões ( "links", in Portuguese) were introduced in Rio de Janeiro and consisted of groups of people walked through the streets playing music and dancing. The cordões were the ancestors of modern samba schools. The blocks (blocks), another name for cordões are some of the current representations of the popular carnival in Brazil. Are formed by people who dress according to certain themes or celebrate carnival in a specific manner. The samba schools are real organizations that work throughout the year with the aim of preparing for the carnival parade. The main celebration takes place in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, where the samba schools, blocks and strips occupy entire neighborhoods. Some of them are: In Rio de Janeiro: Mangueira, Portela, Salgueiro, Beija-Flor, Imperatriz, Império Serrano, Mocidade Independente, União da Ilha, Estácio of Sat. In Sao Paulo: in Nené Vila Matilde, Vai - Vai, Mocidade Alegre, green shirt and Branco, Rosas de Ouro, United do Perucho, Leandro of Itaquera, X-9 in São Paulo, da Barroca Zona Sul. In some regions of the northwest of the country, especially in Salvador, Bahia, there is another way of Carnival: the Trio Electric, which is an adapted truck with large speakers and a platform where musicians play tunes from genres such as the local maracatu and music focus. In these trucks play famous musical groups, such as Chiclete com Banana, Ivete Sangalo, Daniela Mercury, Cláudia Leitte and Carlinhos Brown. Along with the trucks are about 500,000 people, singing and dancing.



THE FOOTBALL

The football team of Brazil is the country's representative team in official competitions. His organization is in charge of the Brazilian Soccer Confederation, belonging to the CONMEBOL. The Brazilian team football is the most successful team in World Cups since it holds the record for wins with 5 titles, and is leading the General Table. Brazil is the only team that has participated in all stages of this tournament.

HISTORY:
Brazil hoped to get his first star in the World 1950, held in his own country. However, Uruguay defeated Brazil in the decisive match of the final set, before the 200,000 people who packed the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. This event is known as El Maracanazo. In 1958, Brazil secured its first title at the world crown, a feat it repeated 4 years later in Chile. The third world title for the Brazilians arrived in 1970, when a team that is considered one of the best in history: Pelé (considered by many as the best player in history), Carlos Alberto, Rivelino, Jairzinho and Tostao . Being the first team to win the tournament three times, Brazil won the Jules Rimet Cup. They had to spend 24 years for this team to win its fourth championship, defeating Italy in a round of shots criminal in 1994, the first time that a final was decided in these instances. In 1998 reached subcampeonato to be defeated by the combined local. Brazil became "pentacampeón" in Korea Japan 2002 after defeating Germany by 2:0. In the World Cup 2006 was eliminated in the quarter-finals by France at the marker of 1:0. His most recent international trophy for the America's Cup 2007. He was twice silver medal in football in the Olympics, this being the only major tournament organized by FIFA - IOC that it lacks win. In 2002 received the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports.


BEACH

Brazil is the country Cinque great month of the World, meets a large ethnic riquesa: indispensable, Africans, occidentals i orientals, which have originat a varietat rich cultural, culinary i religious, translated into a colorful crafts molt i uns rhythms càlids molt. Aquest vast territory, ENS DEIXA discover an unnatural one. Landscape curious com or the Pantanal them impressionants Cataract of Iguazu, 270 amb més d'aigua salts, a vegetation i amb wildlife faces is to maintain unchanged. Manaus is dubte sense, is on the lloc barregen els Paisatge verds Amazon, rain forests per impervious surades a multitude of Rius, hosting the Inside tribes segueixen amb seu the traditional mode of life. Les Seves conegudes i colorfully platges is a altre dels licients to the country, miles from kilometers i Coping solitary contrast amb les platges so conegudes com Ipanema, on podrem Gaudir de l'joy i l'amabilitat dels habitants of Brazil.





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BRITAIN

THE BEATLES

The Beatles are a band from Liverpool, England, formed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Star. They are a group of pop music with more success and sales records in the history of popular music and have been recognized by the critics. Their contributions were innovative for the music of the sixties.


SHAKESPEARE

With the reopening of the theathers in 1594, Shakespeare is associated with the
companion of Lord Chamberlain who was the cousin of the queen.
Thomas Lodge and John Lily joined the companion of Lord Admira. It is the great
opurtunity by Shakespeare: in just over two years will write Romeo and Juliet,
The dream of a summer night, Richard II, The merchant of Venice and the
amansiment of fury.The government only allows the children's performances, but
these end up taking an even more critical to corrosive than those of adults.
Shakespeare criticizes this atmosphere in one of the more extensive tragedies
that writes, Henry IV, a play starring the sarcastic and relaxing Falstaff (a character who Shakespare to recover from the cheerful married Windsord after that the queen will say that I wanted to see the enemorat bufo).
Three works are for young players decided that, in the absence of sensible men,
adopting the role of noirs; Much ado about nothing, to your taste and Twelfth
Night.
The 1597 forced the owner of the land to leave "The theater" (possibly because
they had just the rent they had hired to twenty years). On the night of Christmas 1598 takes away the wood of the theater and moved
to the other side of the river Thames, where he builds "The Globe".
The North translation that Thomas had just taken from Plutarch gives the historic
material to carry out the project, Julio Cesar. Positioning it to Rome.


LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB

If it wasn't for one man, Liverpool Football Club would never have been born. When Everton left Anfield in a dispute over rent in 1892, club chairman John Houlding stayed behind along with a handful of supporters and just three first-team players. But he was determined to see football continue at the ground. He formed a new club from scratch, chose the name Liverpool… and created a legend.
Even John Houlding couldn't have predicted how successful it would become. More than 100 years on, no English club can match the LiverpoolFC roll of honour; League Champions 18 times, FA Cup winners seven times, League Cup winners seven times, European Cup winners five times and UEFA Cup winners three times.
When it is completed, the History channel will chart the rise and rise of Liverpool FC to the very summit of the England game, from the struggles of the early years right up to Gerard Houllier's historic treble in 2001. This channel will recall glorious domestic victories and European triumphs and reflect on the tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough.
We've focused on 10 key dates in Liverpool Football Club's history to begin with but over time, we'll have over 100 chapters in this section alone as we present the ultimate history of England's greatest ever football club. This is a story of incredible passion and pride - a story that not only inspires Liverpool fans but football supporters the world over.
The last that we have won a FA CUP WINNERS 2006. The 2006 FA Cup Final will be remembered in Anfield folklore as the Gerrard final as captain fantastic Steven Gerrard rescued Liverpool with a stunning last minute equaliser to break West Ham's hearts and force extra-time...
One of the players in the Liverpool team is our land of Spain, Fernando Torres
bearing the number nine.


BIG BEN

The well is how big is called the Clock Tower of the Parliament, based in London. The name will be used to go to the principal of the bell tower. It is a symbol representative of London.
The big works well from the 7th of September 1859. The clock is very famous for its reliability, due to the skill of the designer, the lawyer Edmund Beckett Denison.


TEA

The tradition of London are seeing now, that is to feel a lady or gentleman. Everyone who now travel to London to make an afternoon tea.