The indigenous influences are seen in the names of places and food items, the Portuguese Catholicism is still practice while the African slaves' effects are seen in the rhythmic percussion for the dances and pageants also it is seen with the ingredients of many dishes especially in North-eastern Brazil (Poelzl viii). ... As Rio de Janeiro being the capital in the 1880s today it is Brasilia, the government through many policies targeted the area for modernization and urbanization. According to Rebeca Duran because Rio de Janeiro was the primed location for modernization and introduction of...

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