Brazil Culture

The transatlantic slave trade was a primary structuring force of brazilian society. When Brazil became independent in 1822 from portugal, the slave trade was perceived as a dominant activity in the country's economy because it involved so much formation and investments. Slavery played a significant role in the structure of Brazil considering that the system of involuntary labor was the biggest and most extended of all the slave societies in the Atlantic world. This molded Brazilian ways of life including jobs, transportation, economic concerns, political factors and culture in many ways.

The Jewish community has been practicing wedding ceremonies for many years where the preparations and procedures are very tedious, which takes months in order to prepare for this sacred event. When preparing for these ceremonies, it is important to understand that even though there are various types of ceremonies within the Jewish community, they all however, originated from a centralized resource and that is the Bible. Even though the Bible does not mention about wedding ceremonies, it is the iconic events that occur within the Bible that is used as the origins of wedding ceremonies for the Jewish community. In order to establish a correlation between the origins of Jewish marriages to the modern practices of Jewish wedding ceremonies, we must take a look at what a wedding ceremony consist of for the Jewish people.

The groom's father provides all necessary arrangements and needs of the wedding day for the bride's family. Relatives and friends of the bride come together in her father's house and bring her out to sit among the women gathered in her father's home and waiting for the groom and his friends to come and take her to her home.

Marriage is described as two people as partners in a personal relationship. There are two typical ideas of marriage that we know today. The first one that comes to mind is the one we all know, based on love, but there is another one that some may not even know of and its arranged marriages. Arranged marriage is not typically in our culture we know but in different cultures arranged marriages are their normal marriage. Throughout this essay, I will discuss the importance of realizing cultural diversity and how we apply the perspectives we gain from cross-cultural comparison to our own experience using central concepts about marriage to compare and contrast marriage in several cultures.

The Igbo tribe marriage process differs from family to family, but significant similarities appear consistently with each union. However, opinions on the concept of arranged marriage vary throughout the tribe. The parents of the bride and groom play a large part in every stage of marriage. In 1992, a study was conducted in a small, Igbo village in Nigeria. In this survey of 250 Igbo people, it was discovered that 55.2% of the participants’ parents chose their spouses for them. The remaining 44.8% selected their own significant other, but with parental approval. However, out of the 250 Igbos interviewed, only 14 of them were for arranged marriage (Okonio 343). In the slightly more common situation, parents “spy” out eligible women for their son based on desirable qualities

There are various customs and traditions for marriage in United States based on varying factors such as culture, social norms, and religion. There are no unique practices because most of practices are derived from other cultures. The marriage practices and customs revolve around wedding attire, before wedding, wedding ceremony, reception, and after wedding. White bridal dresses are worn with a veil in weddings. However, those not wedding for the first time can choose any color of bridal dresses apart from white. Before a wedding, most have bridal showers where the bride receives gifts from the guests. Preparation takes considerable time to plan a wedding. In a wedding, groomsmen and bridesmaids are included (Lilian, 2013). The bride’s father walks the bride down the aisle to indicate approval of the groom. “The typical 21st century wedding can now feature a supporting cast of stepparents, half-siblings, Dad's new girlfriend and her kids, the bride's first stepfather and his new wife, and sometimes even the bride and groom's ex-spouses” Wedding cakes are used and couples kiss as a form of endearment. Cakes are seen symbols of fertility. It is a custom for the newly married woman to

6) Wedding ceremony: it is the final ritual, the bride and groom finally becomes a married couple, followed by the wedding night.

Much like the U.S., Brazilian culture is extremely diverse. Brazil’s current population of 190 million represents various nationalities from European to African (Country Facts). Brazil has an extremely diverse culture with some common pervasive threads that grouped together give Brazil a national identity.

They are usually large because they join two families and two communities. Before the wedding, the bride has a bridal party. During this party, the bride is papered and patterns are drawn on hands, arms, legs, and feet with Henna. The darker the color is the more the husband loves the bride. During the ceremony, the husband's face is covered and the wife wears a Shadi. Rituals are performed over the couple to keep them from harm. Then a fire is lite by a preset and then the couple walks around the fire four times. Then, the husband draws a symbol on his wife's forehead and places a necklace around her neck. Finally, the couple drawing acorn nuts that represent different qualities off the edge of a table with their feet and takes 7 steps together to finalize the

Marriage is a ritual that marks a change in status for a man and a woman and the acceptance by society of the new family that is formed (Rosman & Rubel, 1981). Marriage, like other customs, is governed by rules (Rosman & Rubel, 1981). Anthropology has represented marriage as the definitive ritual and universally translatable regulative ideal of human societies (BORNEMAN, 1996). Marriage also the act of joining two persons of opposite sex together to become as husband and wife. Many people in the society have different opinions or outright misconception of the meaning of marriage. While some people see it as a union between a man and woman, others take it to mean an agreement made between a man

Establishing a new business in Brazil would take some time. Brazilian welcomes foreigner and believes a good relationship should be establish first before any task and their laws are constantly changing. The manager that would take on this task would need to learn all about the Brazilian culture, starting with more than half of the Brazilian people think of themselves as white mainly descendants of Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, and Polish , Japanese, and Lebanese. Less than 10% think of themselves as black and less than 40% of the population is mixed, black and white. Degree. The manager would utilize the geocentric mindset to find the best managers and personnel regardless of race, gender, age, and sexual orientation and promote

The country of Brazil is located in the South American continent, it has the largest country is South America and is bordered by many countries such as Argentina and Paraguay to the southwest and Bolivia and Peru to the west there is Uruguay to the south and Venezuela to the north. It shares a boarder with every South American country except for Ecuador and the country of Chile. The country is so big that it shares a boarder with Peru and I mention Peru because it is located on the western coast of the continent. Peru’s coastline is the Pacific Ocean and Brazils is the Atlantic that in its self speaks volumes for the shear mass of Brazil. This nation has vast climate changes depending where in the country one is located for example the

According to Hindu doctrine, marriages are not considered binding and completed without completion of certain traditional rituals by the bride and groom together. There are eight types of marriages in Hinduism culture according to the Laws of Manusmriti. All eight symbolize different groups of people and their beliefs in humanity. The eight types include: Brahma, Daiva, Arsha, Prajapatya, Gandharva, Asura, Rakshasa, Paishacha. The first four are considered proper (Brahma, Daiva, Arsha, Prajapatya), whereas the last four are considered not to have religious sanctions (Gandharva, Asura, Rakshasa, Paishacha). The “Brahma” marriage is when the father gives up his daughter to a man after the man has spoiled her with costly jewels and presents. Secondly, the “Daiva” marriage is when the daughter is given away with ornaments to a priest at a religious ceremony. The third type of marriage, the “Arsha” marriage is when the father gives up his daughter to a man after receiving a bull/cow from the groom. A forth type of marriage is the “Prajapatya” marriage and this is involves the father giving up his daughter to a man after bestowing them with his blessings and addressing them: “May both of you perform together your duties.” The

The ceremony proceeds when the bride and groom are made to sit opposite to each other and are separated by a cloth held in between them. The priest then places the right hand of the groom to the right hand of the bride and then he puts around the hand seven tomes and recites a prayer named “Ahunavar” and then the priest offers few grains of rice to the couple to hold in their left hands. After fastening the right hand, the raw twist is passed around the married couple for seven times along with the recitation of “Ahunavar.” This ceremony is also termed as the hand fastening ceremony.