"International Day of Diplomats International Day of Diplomats is celebrated on 24 October every year. The first International Day of Diplomats was celebrated in Brasília on 24th October, 2017 with the participation of diplomats from Bangladesh, France, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey. Diplomats of different countries have their own days to celebrate their National Day of Diplomats. Russian diplomats celebrate February 10 as Russian Diplomats Day while Indian diplomats celebrate October 9 as the Indian Foreign Service Day. Brazil celebrates April 20 as Brazil's Diplomats Day. The idea of celebrating an International Day of Diplomats was"
"for all except those whose activities involved aggravated circumstances. That was the case for Tiradentes, who took full responsibility for the conspiracy movement and was imprisoned in Rio de Janeiro, where he was hanged on 21 April 1792. Afterwards, his body was torn into pieces, which were sent to Vila Rica in the captaincy of Minas Gerais, to be displayed in the places where he had propagated his revolutionary ideas. The anniversary of his death is celebrated as a national holiday in Brazil. In 1948 the events were portrayed in a film ""Minas Conspiracy"" directed by Carmen Santos. In 1963,"
"Silent Drums, on the Pátio do Terço, where Maracatus honor slaves that died in prisons. Festa Junina was introduced to Northeastern Brazil by the Portuguese, for whom Saint John's day (also celebrated as Midsummer Day in several European countries), on 24 June, is one of the oldest and most popular celebrations of the year. Differently, of course, from what happens on the European Midsummer Day, the festivities in Brazil do not take place during the summer solstice, but during the tropical winter solstice. The festivities traditionally begin after the 12 June, on the eve of Saint Anthony's day, and last"
"day (also celebrated as Midsummer Day in several European countries), on 24 June, is one of the oldest and most popular celebrations of the year. Differently, of course, from what happens on the European Midsummer Day, the festivities in Brazil do not take place during the summer solstice but during the tropical winter solstice. The festivities traditionally begin after the 12th of June, on the eve of St Anthony's day, and last until the 29th, which is Saint Peter's day. During these fifteen days, there are bonfires, fireworks, and folk dancing in the streets. Once exclusively a rural festivity, today,"
"and the pieces were sent to Vila Rica, to be displayed in places where he used to propagate his liberal ideas. Xavier began to be considered a national hero by the republicans in the late 19th century. After the institution of the Republic, in 1889, the anniversary of his death became a national holiday. His moniker, ""Tiradentes"", became the namesake of a city in the state of Minas Gerais, of city squares in Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Ouro Preto, as well as of a major avenue in the Dominican Republic. Tiradentes Joaquim José da Silva"
"Valentine's Day is celebrated in February. Dia dos Namorados Dia dos Namorados (, ""Lovers' Day"") is celebrated on June 12 in Brazil, due to the date's proximity to Saint Anthony's Day on June 13. The date is celebrated in a manner similar to the way that Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 in many other parts of the world, with gifts, romantic activities, decorations and festivities. The term ""Dia dos Namorados"" is also used in other Portuguese-speaking countries. Anthony of Padua, known as Saint Anthony, died on June 13, 1231, in Padua, Italy. In addition to having been canonized"
"year. Carnival in Natal, known as ""Carnatal"", is one of the largest off-season carnivals in Brazil. Carnatal takes place sometime in November or December, in the streets around Machadão Stadium (traffic around the stadium changes radically during Carnatal days). The transit department isolates about of streets, creating a ring, along which the party takes place. During the days of party, a huge truck (called ""trio elétrico""), with a band on the top and sound boxes all around, drives slowly along the streets. The crowd follows the trio elétrico singing, dancing, jumping to the sound of the music. Natal is also"
"Sociedade Esportiva Tiradentes Sociedade Esportiva Tiradentes, commonly known as Tiradentes, are a Brazilian football team from Teresina. They won the Campeonato Piauiense five times and competed in the Série A five times. The women's team competed twice in the Copa do Brasil de Futebol Feminino. They were founded on June 30, 1959. Tiradentes won the Campeonato Piauiense for the first time in 1972. They competed in the Série A in 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979 and in 1983. The club suffered Série A's largest goal margin in 1983, when Corinthians beat them 10–1. The club reached the second stage of the"
"and since 1984 the banana festival which occurs annually in the second week of July. The principal crop is banana and the greater part of the production is sold in Juiz de Fora and its locality. Piau Piau is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. At the end of the eighteenth century, those who had been involved in the Inconfidência Mineira were heavily persecuted by the Portuguese Crown. These men (among them was Francisco José da Silva, uncle of Tiradentes) became fugitives searching for new places to make a new life. The"
"from what happens on the European Midsummer Day, the festivities in Brazil do not take place during the summer solstice but during the tropical winter solstice. The festivities traditionally begin after the 12th of June, on the eve of St Anthony's day, and last until the 29th, which is Saint Peter's day. During these fifteen days, there are bonfires, fireworks, and folk dancing in the streets. Typical foods and beverages are served. As during Carnival, these festivities involve wearing costumes (in this case, peasant costumes), dancing, heavy drinking, and visual spectacles (fireworks display and folk dancing). Similar to what happens"
"is to travel to Brazil and witness the Brazilian Carnival; Brazil celebrates Valentine's Day not in February, but in June. Another similar option is to celebrate Mardi Gras instead, which occurs around the same time as Valentine's Day. Singles Awareness Day Singles Awareness Day (or Singles Appreciation Day) is a holiday celebrated by single people. It serves as a complement to Valentine's Day for people who are single, that is, not involved in a romantic relationship. It is a celebration of love in all forms recognising the love between friends and family, and loving yourself. Some people who observe Singles"
"lithurgic celebration happens at June 27. Taguatinga, Federal District Taguatinga is an administrative region in the Federal District in Brazil. By around 1749, near the Córrego Cortado, appeared a small settlement, formed by pioneers and drovers who sought to establish allotments in the Captaincy of Goiás, this was the first landing of the white man in the land of the future city of Taguatinga previously occupied by indigenous macro-Ge linguistic branch, as acroás, the xacriabás, the xavantes, the kayapos, the javaés, etc. However, some of these adventurers settled excited by the possibility of gold and diamonds, near the Cut. On"
"fall anywhere from early February to early March and lasts almost a week. Because of the absence of Valentine's Day and due to the celebrations of the Carnivals, Brazil was recommended by ""U.S. News & World Report"" as a tourist destination during February for Western singles who want to get away from the holiday. Colombia celebrates ""Día del amor y la amistad"" on the third Saturday in September instead. ""Amigo Secreto"" is also popular there. In the United States, about 190 million Valentine's Day cards are sent each year, not including the hundreds of millions of cards school children exchange."
"Carnatal The Carnatal () is the largest ""micareta"", or off-season Carnival, in Brazil. It is held annually in December in the city of Natal in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Like other micaretas, Carnatal is different from the samba dance school parades popular in Rio de Janeiro. The central feature of a ""micareta"" is a large truck or lorry called a ""trio elétrico"". The trio elétrico is wired with loudspeakers and has a band performing on the trailer. The truck drives slowly along the streets. The crowd follows the trio elétrico singing, dancing, and jumping to the sound"
"government in 1789, before the planned military rebellion could take place. Eleven of the conspirators were exiled to Portuguese colonial possessions in Angola, but Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, nicknamed Tiradentes, was sentenced to death. Tiradentes was hanged in Rio de Janeiro in 1792, drawn and quartered, and his body parts displayed in several towns. He later became a symbol of the struggle for Brazilian independence and liberty from Portuguese rule. The Inconfidência Mineira was not the only rebellious movement in colonial Brazil against the Portuguese. Later, in 1798, there was the ""Inconfidência Baiana"" in Salvador. In this episode, which"
"Orthodox Church in general Valentines’ day is celebrated on 6 and 30 July, while in Brazil the Dia de São Valentim is recognized on 12 June. During this day, traditionally, lovers exchange symbols and commodities to show their sentiments to each other. This tradition developed during the 19th century in England, where people started to express their love for each other by donating flowers, offering sweets and exchanging handwritten greeting cards (known as ""valentines""), that rapidly were replaced with mass-produced ones. In the later 20th and early 21st centuries, this Valentine's Day tradition spread to other countries, arriving in some"
"Independence Day (Brazil) The Independence Day of Brazil (, ), commonly called Sete de Setembro (Seventh of September, ), is a national holiday observed in Brazil on 7 September of every year. The date celebrates Brazil's Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves on 7 September 1822. In 1808, French troops commanded by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Portugal as a retaliation for the Iberian country's refusal to participate in the trade embargo against the United Kingdom. Fleeing persecution, the Portuguese monarchs transferred the Portuguese Court from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, then capital of"
"other buildings house the H. Spencer Lewis auditorium; a pyramid memorial; a library and museum; and, reproductions of Egyptian relics such as papyrus and mummies. The square is dedicated to Japanese immigrant farmers. Japan sent 30 cherry trees for the square which is designed in the Japanese style. In 1993, a Japanese gate, a cultural centre and a tea house were built in the square. The Tiradentes square, previously called ""Largo da Matriz"", commemorates the founding of Curitiba, on 29 March 1693, in the region of the square. In 1880, the square was renamed D. Pedro II square in honour"
"for a special Mass and blessing. The Brazilian public holiday of ""Finados"" (Day of the Dead) is celebrated on November 2. Similar to other Day of the Dead celebrations, people go to cemeteries and churches with flowers and candles and offer prayers. The celebration is intended as a positive honoring of the dead. Memorializing the dead draws from indigenous, African and European Catholic origins. Guatemalan celebrations of the Day of the Dead, on November 1, are highlighted by the construction and flying of giant kites in addition to the traditional visits to grave sites of ancestors. A big event also"
"Grêmio Esportivo Tiradentes Grêmio Esportivo Tiradentes, commonly known as Tiradentes, was a is a Brazilian football team, based in city of Ceilândia, in the Distrito Federal, founded in 1967 and dissolved circa 2001. The winner of the Championship of the Federal District of 1988 competed five times in the Série C and once in the Série B and in the Copa do Brasil. For a short time, the club was known as Flamengo Esportivo Tiradentes de Brasília. The club was founded on February 3, 1967. Tiradentes won the Campeonato Brasiliense in 1988. The club competed in the Série C in"
"friend""), which is a game similar to the Christmas tradition of Secret Santa. In Brazil, the ""Dia dos Namorados"" (lit. ""Lovers' Day"", or ""Boyfriends'/Girlfriends' Day"") is celebrated on June 12, probably because that is the day before Saint Anthony's day, known there as the ""marriage saint"", when traditionally many single women perform popular rituals, called ""simpatias"", in order to find a good husband or boyfriend. Couples exchange gifts, chocolates, cards, and flower bouquets. The February 14 Valentine's Day is not celebrated at all because it usually falls too little before or too little after the Brazilian Carnival — that can"
"18 of the Copacabana Fort revolt The 18 of the Copacabana Fort revolt occurred on July 5, 1922, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, then the Federal District of Brazil. It was the first revolt of the ""tenentista"" movement, in the context of the Brazilian Old Republic. Tenentismo is the political-military movement of various rebellions by young officers (mostly lieutenants) of the Brazilian army that occurred during the 1920s. The tenentes called for reforms in the power structure. Among these reforms was the end of the cabresto vote (a tool of political control through the abuse of authority, the"
"notable one, however, was the Inconfidência, started in 1789 by group of middle-class colonists, mostly intellectuals and young officers. They were inspired by the American and French Enlightenment ideals. The conspiracy failed and the rebels were arrested and exiled. The most famous of them, Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (known as Tiradentes), was hanged by order of Queen Maria I of Portugal, becoming a local hero and a national martyr of Brazil. The Minas Gerais flag—a red triangle on a white background, along with the Latin motto ""Libertas quæ sera tamen"", ""freedom albeit late""—is based on the design for the"
"municipal and one state, and one optional point. National holidays are: January 1 (International confraternity), Passion of Christ, April 21 (Tiradentes), May 1 (World Labor Day), Corpus Christi, September 7 (Independence of Brazil), October 12 (Day of Our Lady of Aparecida), November 2 (Day of the Dead), November 15 (Proclamation of the Republic) and December 25 (Christmas). The municipalities holidays are: June 11 (emancipation of the municipality), January 20 (Saint Sebastian's Day, patron of the city) and August 6 (Bom Jesus Day, patron saint of the city). State holiday, only one: July 2 (Independence of Bahia). Optional point: Ash Wednesday"
"of which 25,000 were milking cows. There were also 11,000 pigs and 64,000 poultry. Trindade is also a big producer of fruits, especially citrus fruits, bananas, and tomatoes. The main agricultural products were bananas, coffee, coconuts, oranges, lemons, papayas, mangoes, passion fruit, tangerines, pineapple, rice (300 hectares), beans, manioc, corn (2,000 hectares), soybeans, and tomatoes. All data are from IBGE - Pólo Universitário da UEG For a complete list see Frigoletto.com Trindade, Goiás Trindade is a city and municipality in Goiás state, Brazil. It is famous for the religious celebrations held there in July and is now the third most"
"announced on January 15, 1985, Tancredo said on a speech: “Let us not be dispersed. Let us remain united as we were on public squares, with the same emotion, the same dignity and the same decision. As Tiradentes, that hero crazed by hope, used to say almost 200 years ago, we can make this country a great nation. Let’s do that”! His victory was received enthusiastically by the population, and is still considered today as one of the most complex and successful works of “political ingenuity” in the History of Brazilian politics. Soon after, the Workers' Party PT and the"
"Black Awareness Day In Brazil, Black Awareness Day or Black Consciousness Day () is observed annually on November 20 as a day ""to celebrate a regained awareness by the black community about their great worth and contribution to the country"". Black Awareness Day has been celebrated since the 1960s and has amplified its events in the last few years. Originally, it was celebrated on May 13 (the date of abolition of slavery in Brazil). It was later moved to November 20 to honour Zumbi's death, and is sometimes called Zumbi Day. It is an official state holiday in Alagoas, Amazonas,"
"official high school curriculum. Festa Junina was introduced to Northeastern Brazil by the Portuguese for whom St John's day (also celebrated as Midsummer Day in several European countries), on 24 June, is one of the oldest and most popular celebrations of the year. Differently, of course, from what happens on the European Midsummer Day, the festivities in Brazil do not take place during the summer solstice but during the tropical winter solstice. The festivities traditionally begin after the 12th of June, on the eve of St Anthony's day, and last until the 29th, which is Saint Peter's day. During these"
"in schools. But English and Spanish are part of the official high school curriculum. Festa Junina was introduced to Northeastern Brazil by the Portuguese for whom St John's day (also celebrated as Midsummer Day in several European countries), on 24 June, is one of the oldest and most popular celebrations of the year. Differently, of course, from what happens on the European Midsummer Day, the festivities in Brazil do not take place during the summer solstice but during the tropical winter solstice. The festivities traditionally begin after the 12 June, on the eve of St Anthony's day, and last until"
"Trindade, Goiás Trindade is a city and municipality in Goiás state, Brazil. It is famous for the religious celebrations held there in July and is now the third most important pilgrimage site in Brazil. On the west side of the city is a purpose-built raceway where, in 2014, the city hosted a MotoCross World Championship, Grand Prix race. Trindade is part of the Goiânia Microregion, which has over one million six hundred thousand inhabitants. It is located approximately 30 km. west of Goiânia, to which it is connected by a four-lane highway, GO-060. Although Trindade became a city in 1943,"
"the city of Cochabamba. In this battle, women fighting for the country's independence were slaughtered by the Spanish army. It is not a public holiday, but all schools hold activities and festivities throughout the day. In Brazil, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. The first Mother's Day in Brazil was promoted by Associação Cristã de Moços de Porto Alegre (Young Men's Christian Association of Porto Alegre) on 12 May 1918. In 1932, then President Getúlio Vargas made the second Sunday of May the official date for Mother's Day. In 1947, Archbishop Jaime de Barros Câmara, Cardinal-Archbishop"
"dress up in an ornamental hat, called a ""Puritina"", and dance in a line. As with much of the country's culture, the celebration includes Spanish and Mayan elements. Christmas Day on December 25 is a national holiday in Brazil. But because Brazil lies in the Southern Hemisphere, Brazilians celebrate Christmas in the summer. In the small cities in the entire country, as well as in the largest cities, like São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Salvador, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Brasília, Manaus, Belém, Natal and Belo Horizonte, the celebrations resemble in many ways the traditions in Europe and North America,"
"inhabitants celebrated a micareta at a later date. The resulting ""Micareta de Feira"" is one of the most important micaretas of Brazil. Carnatal is the largest ""micareta"" in Brazil. It is held annually in December in the city of Natal in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Micareta Micaretas are off-season celebrations similar to Brazilian Carnival. The ""micaretas"" are similar to the Bahian Carnival and very different from the samba school parades that are popular in Rio de Janeiro. The central feature of a ""micareta"" is a large truck called a ""trio elétrico."" The trio elétrico is wired with"