Religion in Brazilian life.

In more than one occasion, everyone has thought about how Brazilians are.What is the first thought you get on your mind when you listen “Brazil”?  The tentative answers to this question are the common ones, such as football, Rio Carnival and beaches with beautiful landscapes resembling to paradise. However, what happens when we know that all those things exist thanks to religion? Let us think, for a minute, in this statement: “what is the element that has influenced the life of Brazilian people?”

First of all, Brazilians are considered cheerful and peaceful people who exhibit these virtues through their music, food and religion. The latter concept, we deem it is the most important in Brazilian culture, due to every activity they usually do, is considered and it is linked with religion beliefs in one way or another; in other words, their life is surrounded by divinity. When we refer to religion we do not only discuss about catholic religion, therefore we have to mention the African religions which have been relevant during the history of the tropical country. There is estimated that more than 74% of the inhabitants are Catholics, nevertheless, there is a huge percentage of people who belong to afro-Brazilian worship. Furthermore,we allege that it is true that every community need to have a strong bond between the citizen and the religion, because it gives life to the society in which the country develops.

On top of that, one of the biggest celebrations of the world is connected with religion and it affects the life of Brazilian people, we are talking about Rio Carnival. This celebration is related to a religious rite, it starts forty days before the Easter and it indicates the Lent. Most of the people consider that this sort of celebration is pagan, because the women wear costumes that show their bodies with delightful performances. From our point of view, we think that this kind of display is neither a sin nor unfaithfulness to God, therefore every people might have the possibility to demonstrate their devotion to a celestial being. The carnival was created to express their gratitude for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, for this reason this celebration is colourful and full of cheerful people. Truth must be told, most of tourists come to Brazil for this event.What we consider respecting to the tourists, who every year arrive at Brazil, we think they should have knowledge of the culture, because every element which surrounds this country has a special connection with the religion, as we saw in this article.

To sum up, religion is one of the most important components of Brazilian culture and it is reflected in their life. One of the greatest example of this, is the Rio Carnival, which preparation is considered a Catholic festival, it is important to emphasize that Brazilian life have a bond with religion and with people of their earth, this may explain why the Brazilians arepassionate people and why they are so devoted to their beliefs.