Regarding the rubbish bins for toilet paper in batrooms, it is traditional. However, people who live in newer houses with more modern pipe systems have abandoned this habbit, for the most part. As for the hugging and kissing, it is also hard for Brazilians abroad. I have caused some awckward moments because of this, as we instinctively do that, even where it is not expected. Embarrassing moments lol.
I'm glad that I'm not the only one who feels this way. I've been living in Brazil for ten years and I still haven't got used to some of these things. Thanks for the video. 😉
Stray Dogs: in urban areas it's extremely uncommon Gas: same thing, in urban areas there are gas pipes School times: depends on the municipality, some offer "turno integral" which means kids spend all day at school, generally preferred by poorer people because the school will feed their kids and take care of them while they work
The toilet paper dumping problem I think it's more cultural than anything to do with the plumbing. In my house we changed habits over 20 years ago, it's an old house, old plumbing etc. We just use good quality toilet paper, one that dissolves easily in the water. We have been flushing the paper since then and we never had a problem with cluggings etc. You can flush the paper, indeed, as long as if its a good quality toilet paper meant to be flushed.
Wow! Back in my time school was 1pm until 5:30 pm only. We never had rice and beans every day. We used to say people who are broke eat rice and beans and a fried egg. But you eat differently when you are doing well. Sometimes you eat rice and beans and a steak and a salad. Maybe strogonoff and fries and so on. Salads are very popular as a side dish. Hot meals for both lunch and dinner. Sandwiches are breakfast or tea time food. Also, dinner is much later around 9 pm so you have a 5pm tea, sometimes a 7pm snack or earlier dinner. Your mileage may vary.
@@lcoffe5154 Rice and beans as a side dish, I assume, not as the only thing or the main course. Probably a grilled piece of chicken, fish, pork or beef, maybe a stroganoff or another protein rich main course. Plus a salad or vegetable. Maybe fries? Of course, when things are difficult we can always fry an egg or something similar. Food isn't as cheap as it used to be, by the way. I am a bit disappointed on this trip.
nasci no Brasil e moramos agora no Canadá, não uso mais esses cumprimentos... desacostumei e hoje me sentiria desconfortável também. No entanto percebo que uso com frequencia o sorriso sem perceber, me vejo a andar na rua e todas as pessoas sorrindo pra mim (os canadenses são muito educados geralmente eles sorriem de volta, as mulheres principalmente são muito amigáveis). O feijão e arroz não dá, quem é BR não abre mão... farofa da pra importar mas e cara pro pessoal aqui kkk
The arriving late thing, I think the concept here is more or less like, if the party says 7pm, its the expected time that people can begin to arrive. Its more like a reference than anything. In parties that require that you arrive on time, usually the invite will inform you of that.
Hi, I am a Brazilian and everything you said is right. As for the greetings, even for me it's difficult to get, as some greet just with a handshake (man or woman) and others give a hug, others give one kiss or two kisses. Sometimes when you shake hands, people ignore and give you a hug, or when you kiss and back off, people give you a second kiss. Sometimes this makes us uncomfortable; could there be a pattern about it......kkkkk.
Firstly, nice video. I have brazilian friend which lives more than 10 years in Sweden, she is a jounalist. By the way, I'm investor too. Well the six strange thing about brazilian, actually depend on the people. I don't follow that rule.
Abraços e beijos para brasileiros é super normal, somos assim super carinhosos, amáveis e adoráveis as vezes acho que o resto do mundo é muito estranho com muita formalidade e etiqueta, mas sei que cultural kkk
Cada qual com sua cultura ,quando cheguei no Reino unido achava muito estranho no horário de almoco pessoas tomando cafe,chocolate, sanduíche ,pizza etc. menos o almoco.Brasileiros podem ate comer estas coisas mas se vc perguntar pra algum deles voce almoçou ele vai te responder que não!so comeu um lanche, mais tarde ele vai almoçar 😊. Horario do almoço é SAGRADO no Brasil , no Reino unido o jantar é mais importante.
Hi. I was born in Rio Grande do Sul and I can tell you being on time was always something very important to us. I can't remember anyone in the South that liked waiting for late people to turn up. I would not advise anyone to buy into that idea, if you ask me. True about the toilet paper. I never liked that habit and i guess it is solely related to pipe dimensions. As someone said below newer buildings have better waste pipelines.
@renatonunes1533 Che, não sei que região tu és do Brasil, mas não lembro em estar atrasado era parte dos costumes do sul. Também, ali na região donde sou imigrantes alemães, suíços é bem forte. E mesmo que não seja isso, sempre fomos educados em casa à sermos pontuais. Outra coisa que observei é que pela Europa o transporte público e muito bom, prático e com opções. Aí no Brasil não tem trem ou metrô como aqui, o que nos força a usar carros e com todos fazendo isto aumenta congestionamento e atrasos.
It is polite to delay your arrive by 15~~30 minutes so the hosts have time finishing preparations unless you want to help them finish in that case you arrive in time. In business is the opposite it is considered impolite to let the other person waiting so you generally arrive 5'~~10 minutes earlier and if you can't arrive in time you generally send a message throw whatsapp/telegram to the person. This meal in the middle of the day is what helps us keep healthier/leaner than other countries, eating during night generally leads to weight gain and we here in Brazil love to stay in shape. Do people don't brush their teeth 3 times a day in other places? That system for gas is the one we all use LMAO one in use one full when you finish the one in use you swap to the other and buy at the earlier convenience. Owned cats and dogs have a collar(some people even put their phone numbers in the collar) and cats and dogs without are considered stray. So when you adopt a cat/dog the first thing it is asked from you it is to immediately put a collar in them if possible a custom one with your phone number because as you said we let the roam in the streets. Schools they were changed a couple years ago. We used to have 4h schools because there is no correlation between grades/learning and time studying in school beyond that amount of time. But in government a couple years ago a lot of people argued that it would be better and more convenient for parents if schools make kids stay for a little longer so parents could live work and pick up them at around the same time. It was 8>12 before and 13>17 in afternoon but because people live at work at 17 school finishing at the time was odd for parents and so they increased the amount of time by an hour to 13>18 but since school is done in turns the morning turn needed to be extended by an hour too. They even reworked the school curriculum to account for that.
God forbid I stay at school all day. We also have full time here, it depends on the school and municipality. Mine is part-time and evening because it's high school.
Brasil does have a bad DOG problem, a lot of strays, I've seen them running packs at night like wolves The other problem is that many apartment buildings have at least ONE dog that barks all day- because they are lonely. I've seen this is regular Brasilian's aptos AND in very expensive aptos in front of the beach. Basically NOTHING you can do about it In civilized countries they have animal control and the SPCA to deal with this problem I've been told that many dogs have prescription anti-depressive pills they take. My pharmicist friends tell me that Brasilians in general are a huge population on these same anti-depressive drugs, maybe why most Brasilians are 'happy' people YES there are many lunch and dinner buffet restaurants all over BR Most of the are LIVRE, meaning you can eat all you want for ONE price. I've seen livre lunches from r$12 to r$30. It seems the south loves to eat rodizio pizza, that means they come to your table and you pick what pizza you want to eat. They keep coming till your stomach explodes or you die. I think they like pizza better than beef I find it difficult to find cheap chinese food in the south. LOT of it in the north as cheap as r$10 a plate for yaksoba. And strangely, I find much better Churrasco chain restaurants in the north too, like Boi Brasa and Sal e Brasa. Usually about r$40 per person for ALL the meat and buffet you can eat. Very high quality. WAS/IS very common to have propane tanks INSIDE a cabinet IN your kitchen, kind of damgerous I am seeing some cities outlawing that and requiring the tank to be OUTSIDE ONE of the reasons that Brasilians have the option of spreading out their payments is because many Brasilians live paycheck to paycheck and many get their govt checks at the END of the month. So many RUN OUT of $$ by then and have to finance everything till they get their check ANOTHER reason NOT to live on the ground floor ? When your apto building has an excess of people who flush their toilet paper, it heads to the septic tank on the property (in some cases to the city septic system). The problem is that it and the poop shows UP in your ground floor shower drain because the septic system can't process all of it that fast. MOST of that old rule about putting TP in the bucket is from when places had inadequate narrow sewer pipes that just could not handle the flow. NICE to have at least 2 big plungers on hand WHO wants smelly poop stained toilet paper sitting next to you in the bathroom ? Today 90% of new construction has adequate piping to the city sewer system and you CAN flush TP down the Toilet. On the same vein, today you CAN drink the public city water. It's treated and safe to drink in most modern cities. I could probably throw a rock accross the bay to you at PALMAS, well maybe SHOOT a rock over there. I can see Biguacu from here in the north island What kind of a visa did you use to move to Brasil ?
All tropical countries have problems with dogs and cats for a simple reason: they can survive outside. In very cold countries they could not survive without owners during the winter. When I was in Europe as a tourist I heard that many animals were abandoned by their owners especially during the summer because people wanted to travel "without problems"... Abandoned animals or born on the streets can survive here if someone feeds them, but in Europe it's more difficult if they are not really adopted.
THAT isn't what I was talking about, I was talking about NOT TRAINING DOGS to BEHAVE civily, like NOT barking ALL DAMN DAY while Mommy is gone, isn't really the dogs fault, there are just NOT TRAINED WHY do dogs in the US NOT BARK all day ? Because they were told NOT TO and behaved, they got the wrapped up newspaper treatment till they figured it out. I think in places like Mexico and Brasil their animals DON'T FEEL LOVED or cared for, that is why they have such a hard time dealing with being alone. @@nancyleal2529
In civilized countries it wasn't allowed to use drugs in the streets and know it is allowed (all across US cities). California state, it is even ok to steal in the stores.🤷♂️
I'm no expert on this but I know that Brazilian cows graze outside on pastures for the majority of the year. But maybe farmers also give the cows gmo feed as a supplement. Sorry not my area of expertise.
@@nordicinvestor Thank You. I'm looking to relocate but this is an important issues. Might be interesting to do some research there. What I can find online is they grow a lot of GMO soy and feed that to the animals...
In many rich countries the system is like in Brazil. The American system (I'm not talking about education, which is excellent, but about the system) is terrible and the bullying and shootings there prove
There is a wider variety of medications you can get without prescriptions indeed, however it’s not “any prescription”. I miss that because where I live now, I need to pay for a doctor to buy a simple medicine I need to take everyday.
