back'), one of the hills enclosing the Marvelous City. Perched at 710 metres above sea level, it has become one of the most famous symbols of Rio and Brazil, along with Sugarloaf, Copacabana Beach and Rio Carnival. Its dimensions make this statue one of the largest of its kind: it is 38 meters hi ...
2 clubs Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a striker and playmaker from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. During his professional soccer career, he played for two clubs: Santos FC from 1957 to 1974 and then Cosmos New York from 1975 to 1977. The ...
The most famous Brazilian carnival The Rio Carnival is undoubtedly the best known and most important carnival in Brazil, ahead of those in São Paulo, Recife and Salvador de Bahia. This colorful event attracts thousands of tourists every year who come to marvel and have fun to the sound of the s ...
st. The start of the year in Japan is also marked by other rituals. In the first days of January, the Japanese flock to temples or shrines to pray. 5- Brazilians throw offerings into the sea. If you ever have the chance to celebrate New Year's Eve in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, you will witness one of ...
rtial arts in French. This combat sport blends various disciplines such as Muay Thai, wrestling, judo, and jiu-jitsu. The sport, first legalized in Brazil in 1993, has been gaining an increasing number of followers worldwide. What are the rules of MMA? As their name suggests, mixed martial arts co ...
event is dedicated each year to a different theme: Germany (1989), India (1990), Italy (1991), Spain (1992), the United States (1996), Japan (1997), Brazil (1998), Quebec (1999), Portugal (2000), Germany (2001), Italy (2002), Dutch-language literature (2003), Chinese letters (2004), Russia (2005), ...
niversal time: although their territory covers several time zones, they have decided to adopt a single legal time. Other large countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, DR Congo, USA, Indonesia, Russia) are arbitrarily divided into several zones to avoid too great a difference between legal time and ...
This movement born in 2012 then spread internationally, in the United Kingdom, Iralnd, Israel, Australia and New Zealand but also in Latin America, Brazil and even Singapore! In French-speaking countries like Canada, this day of generosity has taken the name of Mardi je donne. A day to give 'Givin ...
is held every year in the capital of the island of Tenerife (the largest of the Canary Islands archipelago). Although it is less well-known than the Brazilian carnival, it is often said to be the second most popular carnival in the world after Rio de Janeiro! Whether it's a myth or a reality, this ...
ographer always puts the human at the center of the image, even when his presence is only hinted at. From the United States to Southeast Asia, via Brazil, Cuba, Africa, Italy, Afghanistan and India, this exhibition offers a true world tour in images and, above all, an emotional exploration of Ste ...
cation shared by Lauren ???? (@pollzable) You can discover exotic species rather unexpected in England, such as tree ferns or giant rhubarb from Brazil. You can even admire a cascading water garden fed by a natural spring and can enjoy a small private beach, isolated from the rest of the worl ...
utra Mosque is far from being the only interesting building in Putrajaya! In this new city that seems to have sprung from nothing like Brasilia in Brazil, all the buildings are new and particularly impressive. You can see the headquarters of various ministries but also many bridges of various ...
1- Passion fruit The passion fruit, which is native to Brazil, is mostly grown to be made into juice. However, for the holiday season, it can be interesting to buy whole fruit and even if the skin looks crumpled! Whether the fruit is nice and fresh and smooth or slightly dehydrated and crumpled, ...
riginal Wallace and Lebourg mold to meet orders from all over the world. They can be seen in public spaces in cities as diverse as Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, San Sebastian in Spain or Granby in Quebec. Even more amazingly, some private collectors have this Parisian fountain model built for them! ...
ared by Strasbourg Capitale De Noe?l (@strasbourgcapitaledenoel) 4- The floating tree of Rio de Janeiro Of course, the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is not the first idea that comes to mind when looking for a destination for a Christmas trip... And yet, the city is worth a visit between the ...
What are the origins of this carnival? Less well known than the famous Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Oruro Carnival in Bolivia is nonetheless one of the most picturesque events in South America. This singular festival was originally an indigenous celebration, the Ito festival. But ...
ith the idea of using them to participate in the eradication of these diseases? In 2018, a team of researchers released tens of thousands of sterile tiger mosquitoes in Brazil using an automated drone. The goal of this operation was to fertilize as many females (the only ones that bite and transmit ...
ower called the same in Lisbon at the mouth of the Tagus River. On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, Belém is also a port located in northeastern Brazil. The steel-hulled three-masted barque was named after this Brazilian port because it was there that the ship's first owners, the Crouan shipo ...
ediate success. It was not until the 2020s that this healthy fryer was widely adopted in homes in the United Kingdom, the United States, but also in Brazil and South Korea! It allows you to do more than just make fries. Even though the name air fryer is often translated as "hot air fryer" or "conve ...
y, December 7 at 9:25 PM, the four brothers Martin, Valentin, Louis, and Raphael take the helm of the real estate agency after their parents leave for Brazil. This turning point in the history of the agency and the TV program will not go smoothly, as each one will have to find their place in this n ...
