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Introducing Mystery Class #4 Campina
Grande, Brazil |
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we are, to meet our friends of this project.
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| Our School | ||||||
| We are students in Campina Grande, Brazil. Our teacher is Mrs. Patricia Araujo , and she has been teaching for a long time (about 15 years). Our school is a private school. It is a Catholic confessional school. Its name is Virgin de Lourdes School; our Saint is The Holy Mary of Lourdes. We love this school. Some of us students have attended this school since Kindergarden. Inside of it we have many gardens with statues of saints, such as this statue of The Holy Mary of Lourdes.
Here is another photo at our school, showing an interior garden area.
With this Mystery Class project, we were proud to be part of this global event. Also, we were very excited to look for the clues for the other secret locations, just like all of you. It was so interesting to discover so many important things about other countries. It was a wonderful experience for all of us. In this photo you can see us hard at work with our Datasheets just like you did.
You can see our Journey North Mystery Class display and map on our classroom wall. Does this look like your classroom too? We learned about so many different subjects including math, science, geography, culture and about our own country too.
In addition to the guidance from our teacher Mrs. Patricia Araujo, our Math teacher Mrs. Jadilene gave us a great support to research our questions, and so did our Geography teacher Mr. José Roberto. Here are their photos so you can meet them:
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Our city is located in the interior of a great country called Brazil. Citizens of Campina Grande are a peaceful people. We are so friendly, and we like to have different people among us. Our hospitality is our welcome card. Campina Grande is a small interior city, but it is an eternal love poem to the beauty, a blessed place in Brazil, as the author of our Hymn declares. This aerial photo shows our wonderful city!
The other celebration is during the month of June and is "The greatest Saint June celebration of the world" according to our foreign country visitors. This event is in honor of three Catholic Church Saints: Saint Antonio; Saint John and Saint Peter. This event is celebrated for one whole month; every night has a lot of shows, with land artists and bands. And we receive visitors from all over the world!!! Our city is famous for its singers and music, specially Forró. Our city has been growing a lot during the last twenty years. Here are a few photos of the city scenes.
Our language in Campina Grande and in Brazil is Portuguese, that’s why we had some problems understanding some of the texts. But we learned how to overcome the obstacles and make them disappear. We were united in all problems and tried to solve them. We have a pleasant climate in Campina Grande. It is because our city is situated in the "Borborema Serra". We like to study; we have famous Universities in our city. Students from many different parts of Brazil and the world come here to study or to know the UFCG; UFPB; UEPB; FACISA; and others schools. Our food is a little bit different from yours. We like corn food such as Canjica (Indian word) and Pamonha. We like "Tapioca", which is kind of a pancake made by manioc flour and coconut or butter. These are typical foods during St. June’s month. In our daily life we like to eat "Galinha à Cabidela" and "Green beans" ; Goat ; and Pig . The chefs prepare these foods in a special way. They are so delicious. We like to eat some fishes, especially with coconut sauce. So, we are like any other people. Here is a delicious recipe for you to try: "Moqueca de Banana" (It is a kind of banana cake for lunch!)
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João Pessoa has beautiful and interesting beaches. It is the third oldest city in Brazil. It has the title of the second most-forested city in the World, second only to Paris! Did you know that it is called the city in the Americas "where the sun rises first", and also the "easternmost city in the Americas?" This is because it is located along the eastern-most border of South America. That also makes it the place on this continent which is nearest to Africa and Europe. You have many interesting places to visit: Tambaba; Santa Catarina Fortress Areia Vermelha; Typical food restaurants; Ponta do Seixas...
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Brazil is known as Republica Federativa do Brasil in Portugese, or Brasil for short. Our official language here is Portugese, instead of Spanish which is the official language of most other countries in South America. However, many of us speak Spanish too, and many other languages as well. Brazil is the largest country in South America, so large in fact that we have four time zones. Our estimated total area is 8,511,965 sq km (3,319,666 sq mi), which is only a little smaller than the United States.
As you can see from this map, Brazil borders every other country in South America, except for two -- Ecuador and Chile. And we have a very long coast line on the Atlantic Ocean, estimated to be almost 7,500 km long. Some of the most beautiful beaches in the world are found on our Atlantic coast.
One of the beautiful beaches on our Atlantic coastline Our climate here is mostly tropical, because as you can see from the map, the north of Brazil sits right on the equator. In the south of Brazil, the climate becomes more temperate. Brazil is one of the most populated nations in the world. Recent estimates give our population as 190,010,647. The Brazilian population tends to concentrate along the coastline in large urban centers. While Brazil has one of the largest populations in the world, population density is low and the inner continental land has large demographical empty spaces. It is a multiracial country composed of European, Amerindian, African and Asian elements. We hope you have enjoyed learning about Campina Grande and Brazil.
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