Brazilian Days 170
June 19
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DAY OF:
Dia do Migrante
(Migrant). The day of the Migrant was introduced by pope Paul VI in 1969. Churches celebrate the Migrant Day is celebrated on the Sunday following June 19. The week prior to this Sunday is the Week of the Migrant. The international Migrant Day is held on December 18.
Migrants did not only arrive from many countries outside Brazil; within Brazil, there have been large migrant movements, mainly from the poor northeast to the richer southeast. The discovery of the mines in Minas Gerais, the construction of the new capital Brasília, and the economic stronghold São Paulo are only a few examples. In the final decade of the 20th century, about 3.4 million Brazilians have migrated to other Brazilian states, in their search for a better future.
Immigration numbers in the five Brazilian regions.
Emigration numbers in five Brazilian regions
Dia Nacional do Cinema
(Cinema). See below.
Dia do Vigilante
(Security personnel). In a country like Brazil, with significant social and economical inequality, security personnel is really needed. They work at the entrances of public buildings, shopping malls, and in parks. At certain buildings, such as banks, they are armed.
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1761
Ban on sugar cane production in Maranhão, per Portuguese Royal Decree (Carta Régia)
1897
Inauguration of the first cinema in Rio de Janeiro, in Rua do Ouvidor.
Title of the first movie was ‘Animatographo Lumiere’, the cinema was called Salão de Novidades Paris. Moreover, this film demonstraton was not the first in Brazil: On July 8, 1896, the film ”Omniographo” was shown, in another building, but in the same street.
Link to a extremely long poem about cinema by Gustavo Dourado (2006)
1991
Treaty of Rosaleda
The United States and the member states of the Mercosul (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) signed a treaty that must harmonize commercial strategies.
1934
A zeppelin hovered over the city of São Leopoldo (RS), on its way to Buenos Aires (Argentina)
1891
Start of the colonization of Nova Veneza (SC).
About four hundred Italian families arrived in the state of Santa Catarina, at the site where Nova Veneza was founded by American-born Italian businessman Miguel Napoli. Of the more than 13 thousand inhabitants (2011), about 95 percent have Italian roots.
Arrival of the first European migrants / Nova Veneza (SC)
NOVA VENEZA (SC)
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| Nova Veneza |
Italian Carnival in Nova Veneza |
| Nova Veneza – Fantástico |
Carnevale in Nova Veneza |
| History of Nova Veneza |
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By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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