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Astonishing cultural diversity - feasts, cooking, dances, rituals, musics and rythms - to cite only some of the major cultural features - makes of Brazil one of the worlds richest countries in the domain of authentical cultural and popular expression.

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Some sites suggested by our team:

:: For research, reading historical documents and all the exhibitions that are organized there, the site of the Biblioteca Nacional is one of the more complete and is an obliged visiti to everyone. Among its rare works: one edition of 1572 of the «Os Lusíadas», by Camões, and two samples of the Maynz Bible, of 1642. Site in portuguese.


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n Institutional Pages

1 - Ministério da Cultura: MINC's portal contents a lot of information about major cultural events in Brazil
URL: http://www.minc.gov.br

2 - National Museums: Our page Museums from Brazil gathering Brazil's main Public and Private Museums
URL: http://www.topdobrasil.com.br/en/museus/museus.asp

3 - Biblioteca Nacional: The site of the Biblioteca Nacional is an obliged stop for documentation on Brazil. A lot of exhibitions happen there too. The building in neoclassical style is also one of the more visited one in Rio de Janeiro.
URL: http://www.bn.br

4 - FUNARTE: The Fundação Nacional de Arte, FUNARTE, - National Arts Foundation - is situated in Rio de Janeiro.
URL: http://www.funarte.gov.br

5 - The Patrimonio Histórico Nacional: The IPHAN's (National Historical Patrimony) portal - is full of information about Brazil's material and immaterial patrimony. Site in portuguese.
URL: http://www.iphan.gov.br


n Personal Pages

1 - Imaginaires du Brésil. Personal Page on Brazil's imaginaries, from Discovering to our days. (Site in franch).
URL: http://www.geocities.com/aridamasceno

2 - Folklore of Brazil: Pages about the brazilian folklore: the Boi-bumbá, the Festas Juninas, the Tambor de Crioula and many other Brazil's folklorical manifestations. (fr.)
URL: http://www.topdobrasil.com.br/guiabrasil/folklore.asp



 n Files Top Do Brasil

1 - Brazilian Movies: notes on Brazilian movies.