What is the Special in Brazil?

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As one of the largest, most diverse counties in the world, Brazil positively radiates beauty. With its vast Amazon jungle

Osama Bin Laden-themed bars are something of a trend in Brazil. Well, there is a couple, anyway.

Bar do Bin Laden in Sao Paulo – run by an Osama lookalike – and Caverna do Bin Laden, or “Bin Laden’s Cave” – which can be found just in Niteroi, around 25 kilometres north of Rio de Janeiro.

The world’s best beach – according to TripAdvisor – is Baia do Sancho, in Brazil. It is found in the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, just over an hour by air from Natal.

Here, 21 islands form a marine park that draws divers from far and wide to see green and hawksbill turtles, whales, lemon and reef sharks, clownfish, anemones and parrotfish.

Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country by both population (approximately 210 million) and geographical area (3,287,597 square miles).

It borders every other South American nation, barring Ecuador and Chile, and makes up 47 per cent of the continent.

The country’s motto is “Ordem e Progresso”, meaning “order and progress”.

São Vicente, near Sao Paulo, is the oldest city in Brazil and was Portugal’s first permanent settlement in the Americas. Established in 1532, it is the birthplace of footballer Robinho.

Brazil’s highest mountain is the Pico da Neblina (Mist Peak), on the border with Venezuela, at 2,994 metres (9,823 feet) above sea level.

Brazilian Carnival is an annual Brazilian festival held between the Friday afternoon (51 days before Easter) and Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter. During the festival, more than 2 million people are on the streets every day.

Due to it being almost permanently shrouded in cloud, it was not discovered until the 1950s, and was first ascended in 1965 (12 years after Everest).

Copacabana beach located at the south end of the city of Rio de Janeiro is a 4 km long beach. The beach is famous for hosting a concert in 1994 that was attended by 3.5 million people. This was the largest gathering for a concert ever.

Brasilia, the country’s capital, took just 41 months to build, from 1956 to 1960 (Rio had been the capital for the previous 197 years).

It is a ritual in Brazil for boys to bear the pain from Bullet Ants before they are declared adults. Their hands are put in gloves filled with these ants. Boys are required to withstand the pain for at least 10 minutes, and they have to pass this test 20 times before being declared adults.

Oscar Niemeyer, the chief architect of Brasilia’s public buildings, has designed more than 500 structures, most of which can be found in Brazil.

Free sex-change operations are provided by the Brazilian public health system. They recognize this as a constitutional right.

The distinctive Cathedral of Brasilia is one of his most famous. It features 16 90-ton columns and a 66-foot bell tower, entrance is via an underground tunnel, and inside are three angels suspended by steel cables.

Brazilians like to share their drinks and food with others and they are very happy about it.

A number of Nazis fled to Brazil after the Second World War, including Josef Mengele (the “Angel of Death”), known for his cruel experiments and fascination with twins.

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

The high rate of twin births in the town of Cândido Godói, near the Argentine border, has been attributed to him (but disproven).

According to a report, 6.6 million tourists visited Brazil in 2016. The visitors injected a whopping $6.2 dollars into the Brazilian economy. The boost in visitor count in 2016 was due to the Olympic Games held in the country.

The Nazis also sent an expedition to Brazil in 1935 with a view to setting up an outpost in the Amazon.