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Exploring Brazilian Culture through Personal Stories

I’m not Brazilian,I’m Indonesian It’s his first time in Brazil You understand everything yeah?? He learned it from internet Wow! That’s really cool!! Wait, but he understands Portuguese?? He speaks Portuguese Wow that’s amazing You speak Italian too?? Yes i speak it Goodmorning Brazil! This feels really weird I think it’s because of the jetlag No, it’s not jetlag but That’s how Brazilian pronounce jetlag So yeah my friend So yeah my friend, i’m going to prepare or to sleep? I’ll keep you up todate What’s your channel’s name? Here i am with the lady That’s me, the YouTube guy I subscribed to your channel Thankyou! 10 Reais So you might be wondering, like, where did I stay in Sao Paulo? It wasn't hostel. It wasn't hotel, of course. And it wasn't somebody's house as well. So I stayed in a temple because I'm a Buddhist. And apparently my temple also exists in Sao Paulo, Brazil. So I stayed there. And the woman that you just saw was one of the congregation in the temple. She was always there for like once every two weeks or maybe once a month to clean the temple and also to pray. That’s really difficult for me (Portuguese) You need patience to do this Yes, you need to be very patient Here you practice your patience So this is a really famous museum here in Brasil It’s called Pinacoteca I’m not Brazilian,I’m Indonesian It’s his first time in Brazil You understand everything yeah?? He learned it from internet Wow! That’s really cool!! He speaks 7 languages Look at yourself Congratulations! Thankyou! Are you Italian? Yes i am Do you speak Italian then? (Italian) Yes i speak it You speak Italian too?? Yes i speak it And you are from? I’m from Trento, North Italy It’s near with Austria and Swiss Do you speak German too? A little bit A little bit (German) And how long have you been here? My dad is Italian, my mom is Brazilian I born here but i always lived in Italy I just arrived here recently, 5 years I’ve been here for 5 years I’ve travelled all over the world I’ve travelled all Europe, USA And after that i stayed here in Brazil I met a girl and i fell in love, so yeah Do you like live here? Yeah, i recently live in Sao Paulo, just 6 months Before, i lived in Palmas And Goaiana After that you arrived here? Yes, here in Sao Paulo I met my wife here in Sao Paulo Which one do you like more? Italy or Brazil? There are various aspects There are good things here in Brazil and Italy Just like any countries practically Europe in general is beautiful but there are also bad things Just like in Italy, there are good and bad things So this is the pizzeria, Da Mooca Sonny, your food. Thankyou! Indonesia?? Wait, but he understands Portuguese?? He speaks Portuguese Wow that’s amazing Thankyou! Are you japanese? I’m a daughter of a Japanese Do you speak Japanese? Yes Do you speak it too? Not yet! What’s your job? I do videos in YouTube and i teach languages How long have you worked this? I’ve painted for 60 years 60 years?? 60 years I’ll be 80 years old soon So here i am, i’m going to meet my journalist friend The journalist friend that you will meet after this. His name is Guilherme Dias. He's actually one of the person that viralized my video in Twitter. It has 6.3 million views. Then I contacted him in* Instagram and thank him for viralize my video in Twitter. And then I said to him one day, if I go to Sao Paulo we need to meet up and Guilherme actually is a game reporter, he made some reviews for the games. He wrote some reviews. And also he did some interview about games. Can i call you Pedrito? Sure, call me Pedrito You’re latino Call me daddy, call me Pedrito You’re Latino like us, Brazilians Hello? Hello? Guilherme? My friend! Hey there my friend! Welcome Sonny Everything’s good? Good and you? Yes! Make yourself at home! This is Fabrizio Nice to meet you! This is Julia Nice to meet you! The food is almost ready You’re going to experiment a classical Brazilian food Nothing so special, so this is the thing I want to show you what do we eat daily Have you ever lived in another state in Brazil? No i only have lived in Sao Paulo You too? I live in Guarulhos (near airport, a little bit outside of Sao Paulo) But it’s still Sao Paulo right? Yeah but it’s side by side, around 40 minutes What you don’t like in Sao Paulo? I don’t like in Sao Paulo there are a lot of buildings So it feels too much It feels so full I prefer a place with more.. Trees and parks? More beach actually For me.. well that’s a good question The thing that i don’t like in Sao Paulo here is The prices here Yes, Sao Paulo is really expensive How much do you need to live here? To live good Not so bad but not luxury neither There in the middle To live well? For you personally Okay, it’s because i’m living in the center of the city And just the rent here in the middle of the city Wihtout the apartment fees is around.. 1500-3000 reais (300-600 USD) It’s just the rent It’s not a big place right? Just you Yeah just me Just the rent already cost you that Then you have monthly expenses, bills, recreation Emergency expenses too, you always need that I think you need around 6000-7000 reais (1200-1400 USD) That’s for you to live alone right? Yes, alone That if you live in the center of the city Now if you don’t need to live in the center You can live a little far away or share the apartment with other But you need to consider the quality of life too Because if you work in the center And you live 2 hours from it You’ll spend less but i don’t know I have a friend who lives in Ipiranga And he works in Guarulhos Oh my God!! That’s not living How long does he need to go to his work?? 2 hours? Yes 2 hours Just to go? Just to go and 2 hours more to go back home Wow 4 hours! Wow 4 hours on the street 4 hours standing on the bus With another 47 people It’s terrible Just a small percentage of people who earn 1200-1400 USD Because if you look the minimum salary How much is the minimum salary? 1200-1300 Reais (235-250 USD) Around that number, so this is the thing Just very little people who earn 4x the minimum salary Because 6000-7000 Reais (1200-1400 USD) Maybe some people who watch this can feel... That’s a privilege But that’s the money you need to live in Sao Paulo I survive with a lot less than that I can live with it but it’s horrible This is cachaça produced in Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is a state in Brasil that’s very popular for its cachaça The cachaça is on me, no need to pay Wow He lives well He sure lives well What kind of job that earns 1200-1400 USD here? Doctor? Doctor earns more You can earn that money as a journalist But you can earn a lot less with a same job It depends a lot with your luck to get a good job How you make your CV and your connections It depends a lot on your luck Sometimes you have a good education But you just don’t get a good job Exactly Sometimes you have masters or doctors And you just don’t find a job that can pay your bills A lot of educated people They have masters and even doctors And they only earn twice minimum salary And what about you? 1200-1400 USD too I live with a lot less than that now But it’s not comfortable It’s far from my work And i have always need to manage well my money Because i don’t have a lot of money Do you live alone of with your family? I live alone for 1 month already Do you live in Guarulhos? I live in Guarulhos It’s so far Before i needed 2.5 hours to arrive at my work 2.5 hours to arrive and another 2.5 hours to go back home 5 hours per day in the public transport 5 hours... It’s horrible It’s not impossible to do it But it’s terrible The quality of life here is like that You stay too much time on the public transport Ahh that’s horrible When you arrive home, you’re just so tired to do anything Yeah, the life is just like that, only work Exactly At the end, just work And on the weekend you’re so tired So you don’t want to go out You just want to rest What is this? Caipirinha (Little country person) I put cachaça and a little bit of sugar.. She’s Brazilian, you used to drink this I want your honest review of my little country person Is it a good one or no It’s good It’s a normal caipirinha It’s not a OMG what an amazing” caipirinha I’ll be there one day Bro, how much is the rent here? Here... How much do you pay? I’m in the most expensive region Because it’s near Paulista, in the center I’m here because of my job Because i prefer to pay more rent than for transport Here with the apartment fees is 2300 Reais (450 USD) Your rent and apartment fees, how much? 2000 Reais (400 USD) 2000 Reais (400 USD) ?? God damn it.. I need to get out from here Look, rice and beans, this is Brazilian food Basically it’s rice and beans, everyone eats this This is what we usually eat for lunch This storogonoff, we don’t usually eat it with beans But i put beans for you to try It’s actually a Brazilian version of Russian food In Russian they make it in a different way In Brasil we make it with beef or with chicken This is with a chicken cut in a pieces We put a tomato sauce and milk cream Mustard and a little bit of ketchup And you eat it with a potato crisps This is a common Brazilian food Wait, one of my followers gave me this This one is dangerous You drink this when you’re on the vibe let’s say You drink it and in a few minutes you’re out Because it has a really soft taste Judging by the image we know for what is this right? That drink, i don’t know now But i remember when i was kid There were neighborhood that sell this It always had an illustration of a strong guy Cradle a sexy woman And i discovered when i was young I discovered the word aphrodisiac Aphrodisiac is when you drink and.. Your libido got activated I don’t know if it’s true, i think it’s only an advertisement So it’s only an advertisement I think so I hope you like it Obviously, let’s try it It looks really nice Do you like it? Yes! This pudding is made with a condensed milk It’s also a very traditional Brazilian dessert You’ll like it, it’s impossible or you to not like it You’ll like it, it’s impossible or you to not like it It’s nice right? Yes, really good Why Brazilians love tattoos so much? That’s also what my colleague asked me But you don’t have tattoo right? You don’t have one?? No he doesn’t But i’m a minority between my friends Inside my social circle, almost everyone have it Let’s go, why? I don’t know But everyone that i know have tattoos Your first tattoo, what is it? That one? A tree What does it mean? It’s a symbol of Lord of the Rings That’s the first one, i did it on my back because If it turned out ugly, i can hide it with my hair And when was that? It was in 2019 And how old were you? 19 years old Did you buy it with your own money? It was cheap, the tattoo artist just started to do tattoo So that’s why it was cheap And how much was it? 100 Reais (20 USD) 100 Reais (20 USD)?? Wow! It was really cheap And what about you? It is a tattoo of the album of my favorite band And here i have a phrase from a book “Love is our resistance” 1984 - George Orwell Tattoo for me is.. I want to have a meaning you know? Do you want more? I like it, i want more tattoos I just lack of inspiration For me, i just lack of money How many tattoos do you want? What’s the limit? I would tattoo my whole body Really?? The only problem that i have is money This tattoo that i have on my leg This one, i decided to have this when i went to a tattoo artist I went to a tattoo artist then i saw the.. His portfolio and then i said “i want this” I didn’t have any reason, i just went there and did it I arrived, i saw it, then i say “this one could be nice” Why you don’t have any tattoos? It was never been a priority for me I’m a type of person that when.. I did something that don’t end well, i’ll regret it later And if i did it and i feel it’s ugly I’ll be like “why the hell i did that?” I also have that feeling But i don’t discard the opportunity to make a tattoo one day I already thought about it few times But it’s just never been a priority for me I don’t have a problem about the idea to make tattoos Even i reached a point imagining a good tattoo for me but.. I don’t kow, i just never did it I have a theory that now Everyone in Brasil have tattoos So we who don’t have tattoos would be the most beautiful That’s correct! Cheers! So here i am with Julia Julia how old are you? 24 years old So Julia, you’re as a Brazilian I know that here in Brazil Especially with the foreigners they have a point of view Brazil is a little bit.. Easy to get? Yeah, what do you think about it? That happens pretty much I used to hang out with foreigners They always thought like that They always said “hey, this Brazilian girl is so easy” They think that every girls look for the same “thing” Sometimes that makes me feel discourage To meet people who isn’t Brazilian I already talked pretty much with Brazilians But with foreigners, they almost think that i’m an easy girl What was your worst experience with that? I was in a bar here in Sao Paulo He was up there in a balcony of a building He didn’t ask my name, he didn’t say anything And he saw me from up and down like that It was really discomfortable I was lucky because there were a lot of Brazilians And they were quite aware with that treatment towards women So they came closer to me and tried to protect me But it was really discomfortable So it was just that right? You never got violated right? No, never It was just a... It was kind of like harassment, they never touched me but They just don’t know the limit and think that.. Brazil is a place to have a sex tourism So that was the worst case that i had A guy who didn’t know the limit But in general we’re a very friendly people Not only the women We’re friendly, we’re very open to talk It’s easy to make friend here We touch each other a lot more than others countries But that doesn’t mean anything Yes it is, it’s just the way Brazilians are Exactly, we’re just friendly Do you have a message to person who thinks that Brazilians girls are “easy”? The camera is right there I think just have the idea that.. We need our own personal space and respect us Why not? The maximum respect that you can get from others Brazil is far away from being a sexual tourism We’re a lovely, happy, opened and friendly And if we’re being that, it doesn’t mean anything Just control yourself Thankyou so much Julia! Your welcome! Right now i’m with? Guilherme Dias So Guilherme is a journalist here in Brazil So can you tell me about that cease fire thing Between Lula and Israel Okay, so president Lula Now in the middle of February There was a demonstration against the genocide That’s happening right now in Gaza It had a positive impact among people who wanted it to stop Or the assasination that’s happening there But he was heavily criticized by journalists And obviously, by people in Israel And Brazilians have a very peculiar way to react that kind of situation And that where Vampetaço enters Now a little bit of context In 1999, a Brazilian football player, Vampeta He became a model for a porn magazine Completely nude With an erect penis In a various position in the football field Because he was a in a Brazilian football team, etc Include a fun fact, we discovered that He did that to save a theatre in his city A theatre that was dying The gay magazine, was it because of money Or was it your secret desire? It was because of the money I took the money and renovated a theatre in my city 80.000 reais (15.500 USD) That magazine was called G magazine The most sold magazine in the history of the magazine That magazine’s audiences were more for gay people And Vampeta made that magazine Really popular and marked a generation because of that And some Brazilians in Twitter Use Vampeta as an act of protest So the image of nude Vampeta Became a form for you to.. To reject when a foreigner talking bad about Brazil We already used that to reject a very racist musician It already happened few times before And when Israel's foreign minister With his official Twitter came to speak in Portuguese against Lula Using a ridiculous image generated by artificial intelligence The Brazilian public reacted as with the image of Vampeta and instead of Vampeta's penis, they put a “cease fire” And apparently it was quite effective That he shut up after that Now we're just waiting for the fire to really stop So that’s the story, whoever doesn’t like it Let’s go to the court Thankyou so much! Bye! We’re on Liberdade and there’s a streetfood here It’s a BBQ This is like the streetfood So let’s try it Can you record me please? It’s 7 Reais How much is that? 1.5 USD for a steak It looks like a good one Because there’s a lot of people Oh there’s a line Thankyou! Let’s try it It’s kinda like a churrasco that i had What did he put there? Like a sauce and i don’t know what is it It’s good It looks like a cheese I think they put kinda like.. Like a cheese What’s the name of the cheese? Grated cheese He put grated cheese and.. Here comes a bike, be careful And a sauce, it’s good You can see the meat A street BBQ Really good! I hope it’s not a dog meat But continues to eat So, it’s not kinda like shit happened It’s 7 Reais (1.5 USD), and i paid with 10 Reais (2 USD) Then i asked for the other 3 reais/50 cents (the change) He didn’t want to give me the change He said “you can’t take a picture or record here” So at the end of the day it’s 10 reais (2 USD) He didn’t say you anything when you recorded right? Yeah he didn’t say anything And obviously you can’t argue with him He didn’t tell me anything, he just told me after i paid And when i asked my change He just said “You can’t record here” The 3 reais is for the content