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Welcome to the latest upgrade of Brazil Explore magazine

Its an exciting time to be alive. Wherever you

turn the world is changing, geologically, politically,

socially, and there is no country on this planet with

more to contribute to this ferment than Brazil.

For more than ten years, Brazil Explore has

presented this nation in all its facets and with great

enthusiasm. It established a central informational

network for Brazilians living in the United States

and demonstrated evidence of the vibrancy and

diversity of their culture abroad.

We celebrate our expansion this month with a

Special feature about the recently published 2010

Brazilian census. In it are the results of extensive

research about Brazilian emigrants in the world.

Along with fascinating studies such as this you will

find even more articles about culture, sport, people

and style in every full-size issue. Simply put, were

dedicated to importing the heart and soul of the

Brazilian way of life!

The time has arrived for Brazil to go public in

a way that is unexpected and much desired. It

is a future that continues here. Brazil is slated to

accomplish many great deeds and the capacity

to meet these new challenges is in the hands and

minds of its people. We aim to be there every

magnificent step of the way to give you a front row

seat as well as a backstage pass.

If youre ready for the adventure of a new

millennium, then step aboard Brazil Explore

magazine. Its going to be quite a ride. Edward Pollard

Editor

Rec ipe ........................................................................... 08 Peach Pie

P ro f i le .......................................................................... 14 Tabom is Da Bomb!

Bus iness ...................................................................... 20 Bring Your Company to Life

Spor t .............................................................................. 22 A Low Tolerance

Spec ia l .......................................................................... 28 The Face of a Nation Abroad

Cu l ture .......................................................................... 38 Big Enough for American Cinema

Tour ism ......................................................................... 44 A Tasteful Italian Outpost

Photography Adrianno Santos

English Editor Edward Pollard Portuguese Editor Andra Eirado English Translator Romina Mello

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rEcipE

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1 cup milk

1 can condensed milk

3 egg yolks

2 tbsp corn starch

1 box Brazilian champagne cookies

Preparation Strain peaches from syrup, but keep both (fruit

and syrup). Combine milk, condensed milk, egg

yolks and corn starch in medium pan, mix well

and heat, stirring until thick. Let cool and stir

from time to time. Put aside two peach halves

and chop the rest. Set the pie up in a glass dish,

alternating layers of cookies, pre-moistened with

peach syrup, then cream and chopped peaches.

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Ta bom is Da Bomb! LAs f irst known Brazilian food truck is turning heads and winning over passionate foodies.by Marcelle Franco photos Winnie Poon Ma



Coxinha, pastel and brigadeiro are

some of the yummy Brazilian foods taking

over the streets of Los Angeles. Since April

2010, Mrs. Ilse and her twin daughters

Jackeline and Juliana got themselves into

the food business. Driving Los Angeless

first Brazilian food truck, named T Bom

(It is Good) Truck, they cruise all over town

with their mouthwatering menu.

Mrs. Ilse moved from her hometown So

Paulo to Los Angeles with her husband and

three kids in 1988. I remember around that

time Brazil was under an intense economic

recession, she says. My younger son

was just eight months and the twins were

only two years old. The familys So Paulo

sewing shop was no longer bringing in

much income. We were afraid we would

not be able to give them a good education.

Around that time her husband had been

traveling to Los Angeles frequently to search

foreign goods for the store. Stimulated

by the similar weather, they packed their

bags. Since arriving, Mrs. Ilse has been a

hairdresser, a forwarder and for many years

an airline employee. That was until she lost

her job and divorced her husband. It was

not easy to adapt to a new language, work,

face a divorce and take care of three little

children. But I have always had faith, and

knew that someday everything would be all

right.

Mrs. Ilse wakes up at 6:00 a.m. ready to

go. She and her daughters work more than

12 hours a day, five days a week, serving

breakfast and lunch. Hot dogs, burritos

and tacos also get the Brazilian treatment.

Cooking has always been my passion

and I decided to make this a way of life.

I make everything with lots of love, she

says proudly. Desserts are Jackelines job.

Since we are parked in a different place

every day, my sister and I created a profile

on Facebook so people can follow us, she

explains. The truck is a rental, but they plan

on buying their own. It is so fulfilling to see

people from all over the world trying our

unique flavor.

We might open our own restaurant,

Ilse jokes. Whoever tastes it will attest

that T Bom is the best Brazilian food in

town. The pastel and coxinha are simply

delicious, says Hyun Chang, a Korean

patron.

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BusinEss

by Bruna Indalcio

A useful set of reminders for foreign entrepreneurs

Bring Your Company to Life



Even if you are not a resident or citizen, you

can invest in the United States. B1 (business) visa

holders have the right to acquire property, sign

contracts, and establish a business. However, there

are several steps and rules for starting a business,

which may vary from state to state. It is important

to be informed of the legal issues regarding the

process and to always consult your attorney.

The two initial steps to starting a business are:

1) Apply to register in the state of your choice, and

2) establish a registered agent with a valid address.

This agent can be either the owner of the business

or another person who is authorized to receive

legal papers on behalf of the company.

According to attorney Genilde Guerra of Kravitz

& Guerra Law Offices in Miami, Florida, paying taxes

is another issue worth paying attention to. The

U.S. tax code can be confusing, even for those

who have live here for a long time. The violation of

fees may result in penalties, she said.

Foreigners who do not have a social security

number need to request an Individual Taxpayer

Identification Number (ITIN) to begin the process of

starting a company.

Learn the 10 basic steps for opening your

own business as recommended by the U.S. Small

Business Administration:

1 - Start a business plan: Provide an executive

summary, business description, marketing and

management plans, finance projections and the

necessary documentation;

2 - Seek assistance and training: Look for

professional advice and take advantage of free

training sessions that will teach you everything

from how to prepare your business plan to finance

expansion and relocation;

3 - Define the business location: Find a

location conducive to your type of company;

4 - Finance: Search options for government

loans, venture capital and research grants;

5 - Determine the legal structure of your

business: You must define the business entity

type. The business structure determines which

income tax return must be filled. The options of

legal structures are:

Sole Proprietorship: This is the most common

among small businesses. A sole owner is someone

who has, by him or herself, an unincorporated

company;

Partnership: Here, two or more people

run the company together. Each person involved

contributes with capital, labor and property or

shares profits and losses. This category must

report annual income, deductions, etc., but it does

not pay income taxes;

Corporations: More common among large

businesses, these entities are separate and

distinct from their owners. Some features are the

limited liability, ease of companys share transfers

and perpetual existence. A corporation does not

necessarily need to be managed by its owners and

remits taxes separately;

S Corporation: This is similar to a corporation

in regard to limited liability and ease of transfers.

However, taxes are charged directly to the

companys owners, thus avoiding double taxation.

Limited Liability Company (LLC): An LLC

may be formed by two or more persons; it has

low cost and requires little formality and limits

the owners responsibilities. It is popular among

small companies with a sole owner who seeks

the advantages of sole proprietorship, but without

exposing his or her own properties.

6 - Register a business name: For sole

proprietors, this will be the owners full name. For

partnerships the legal name is the one given in the

agreement, or it can be formed by the partners last

names. For LLCs and corporations, it is the same

legal name that has been registered with the state

government;

7 - Get a Tax Identification Number: Find out

what type of identification is necessary for your case;

8 - Register for state and local taxes:

Apply for an ID number, workers compensation,

unemployment and disability insurance;

9 - Get licenses: Get a list of federal, state

and local licenses that are required to start your

business;

10 - Understand employer responsibilities:

Learn the necessary legal steps to hire employees.


sport

A Low ToleranceTwo out of three Brazilian soccer clubs sack coaches.by PFC



Traditionally, Brazilian soccer champion-

ships are marked by how many coaches are

replaced each season, and the Brasileiro

2011 is no different. If a team isnt perform-

ing well, the coach gets all the flak, right?

Well, not always. The highlight was Paulo

Csar Carpegiane who, coaching So Pau-

lo, won five games in a row, making history:

never before had a team started the coun-

trys most disputed championship winning

the first five games, absolutely leading the

tournament. Even though that happened,

Carpegiane was replaced by Adlson Ba-

tista, who had been coaching the Atltico

Paranaense for a hot second.

This constant shuffling of coaches shows

how far Brazil is from appreciating long-term

relationships. Cucas season started so well

leading Cruzeiro to defeat Estudiantes by 5-0.

But bad results in the tournaments early

stage shot his legs out from under him just

as quickly. Joel Santana was next to step

up; then he also departed to be replaced by

merson vila.

This season 13 out of 20 teams have

switched coaches. The average is almost

one switch per round. Of the seven that

didnt sign new leaders, only Coritiba is not

ranked among the favorites. Both Amrica-

MG and Ava, each headed back to the

second division, have had four different

coaches, including provisional ones, at the

Brasileiro.

Not only teams change coaches, but

coaches will switch teams. At this Brasileiro,

three of them also changed jerseys. After

leaving Atltico-PR, Adlson Batista went to

So Paulo, where he has remained. Renato

Gacho switched from Grmio to Atltico-

PR, which now has Antnio Lopes who

formerly led Amrica-MG. Among all these

changes, Cuca was the fiercest. He didnt

even change cities. After leaving Cruzeiro,

he stayed in Belo Horizonte and took over

Atltico-MG, his old teams nemesis.

O Campeonato Brasileiro tradicionalmente

conhecido pela grande rotatividade de tcnicos

em uma mesma temporada, e no Brasileiro 2011

no tem sido diferente. Se um time no vai bem, a

presso cai toda no tcnico, certo? Nem sempre

a regra exatamente essa. Com destaque para a

queda de Paulo Csar Carpegiane, que no coman-

do do So Paulo, ganhou cinco jogos consecutivos,

conseguindo um efeito histrico: nunca um time

tinha comeado o campeonato mais disputado do

pas vencendo os cinco primeiros jogos com a lider-

ana absoluta do torneio. Mesmo assim Carpegiane

caiu, e Adlson Batista assumiu o Tricolor Paulista,

depois de uma passagem frustrante pelo Atltico

Paranaense.

A troca-troca dos treinadores no Brasileiro

mostra que o Brasil est longe de adotar uma polti-

ca de longo prazo com os tcnicos. Cuca teve um

incio de ano fantstico dirigindo o Cruzeiro, tanto

que em um dos primeiros jogos do ano, goleou o

Estudiantes por cinco gols de diferena e se sagrou

campeo mineiro. Mas os resultados ruins no incio

do campeonato derrubaram o tcnico. A equipe Ce-

leste j est em seu terceiro treinador. Joel Santana

assumiu aps Cuca, mas tambm saiu, e agora

merson vila est no comando do Cruzeiro.

Dos 20 clubes, 13 j fizeram modificaes. A

mdia chega quase uma mudana de tcnico

por rodada. Dos sete times que no trocaram de

treinador, apenas o Coritiba no est entre os pri-

meiros. Amrica-MG e Ava, que esto na zona de

rebaixamento, j tiveram quatro tcnicos diferentes

no Brasileiro, contando com atuaes de interinos.

Sobre o troca-troca de comando, assim como

os clubes mudam de tcnico, os tcnicos mudam

de clube. E neste Brasileiro foram trs os coman-

dantes que mudaram de cor. Depois que deixou o

Atltico-PR, Adilson Batista foi para o So Paulo,

onde est atualmente. Renato Gacho trocou o Gr-

mio pelo Atltico-PR, que agora conta com Antnio

Lopes, que dirigiu o Amrica-MG. Entre as trocas de

clube por treinador, Cuca foi o mais radical e sequer

trocou de cidade. Depois que deixou o Cruzeiro, o

treinador permaneceu em Belo Horizonte e assumiu

o Atltico-MG, maior rival da Raposa.


Source: IBGE

spEciaL

The Face of a Nation Abroad Brazils 2010 Census contains a wealth of data about its emigrants and their chosen destinations.


The United States remains the prime

destination of Brazilian emigrants, especially

residents of Minas Gerais. So Paulo is

the main point of origin (approx. 106,000

people or 21.6%). This is the first time that

the IBGE has noted the following categories:

origin, destination, age and gender. The

2010 Census also shows that the highest

disparities remain between urban and

rural areas, though many indicators have

improved in the last ten years.

The average monthly income of people

aged 10 or older is R$1,202. Rural incomes

average less than half (R$596) of those in

urban regions (R$1,294). Womens income

(R$983) reaches 71% of mens (R$1,392), a

percentage that fluctuates between regions.

The illiteracy rate dropped to 9.6%

for people aged 15 and over, a marked

improvement over the 13.6% figure counted

in 2000.

A major reduction occurred in the 10-14

age bracket, but there were still 671,000

illiterate children in this group in 2010 (3.9%

vs. 7.3% in 2000). Among people aged 10

or over with no income or with a monthly

per capita household income of up to 25%

of the minimum wage, the illiteracy rate hits

17.5%, whereas in the class living on 5 or

over minimum wages the rate was 0.3%.

Although sanitation infrastructure

improved between 2000 and 2010, (including

less developed regions) it was not enough

to diminish regional disparities in access to

adequate conditions.

The Southeast region leads in coverage

of water supply, sanitary sewage systems

and garbage collection. Despite their

advances, the North and Northeast are far

behind in these services. A good example

is the public water supply system. In the

Southeast it encompassed 90.3% of

households, well above the Norths 54.5%.

The 2010 Census also identified changes

in self-identified color or race. Among 191

million Brazilians in 2010, 91 million self

identified as Caucasian, 15 million as of

African descent, 82 million as Latino, 2

million as Asiatic and 817 thousand as

indigenous. There was a reduction in the

proportion of Caucasians, from 53.7% in

2000 to 47.7% in 2010, and increases in all

other categories. It was the first time that a

census registered a white population below

50%.

Concerning the number of household

reference persons, the results show that

33% of households have more than one

reference person.

Men were listed as head of the household

in 61.3% of housing units. Women were

more often listed as partners or spouses

(29.7%), while only 9.2% in this category

were men.

In addition to these facts, the 2010

Population Census Universe presented data

about growth and population composition,

housing units, deaths, births and other

statistics.

Information collected from 57.3mil

housing units is available for all territory

levels, including every neighborhood in

every municipality in the country.

Brazilians live around the world

The estimated number of Brazilians living

abroad reached 491,645 in 193 countries

in 2010, that number comprising 264,743

women (53.8%) and 226,743 men (46.1%);

60% of the emigrants were 20-34 years

old in 2010. That result does not include

households in which all people could have

emigrated or in which resident relatives may

have died.

The main destination was the United

States (23.8%), followed by Portugal

(13.4%), Spain (9.4%), Japan (7.4%), Italy

(7.0%) and England (6.2%). The origin of

49% of the emigrants was the Southeast


spEciaL

The 2010 Brazilian Census provides an invaluable map of the movement of Brazilians outside the borders of their beloved homeland.


Total Men Women 491,645 226,743 264,902

Africa 8,286 5,849 2,437 South Africa 2,479 1,617 862 Angola 3,696 2,950 746 Others 2,111 1,282 829

Central America 3,199 2,098 1,101

North America 129,940 64,004 65,936 Canada 10,450 5,061 5,389

United States 117,104 57,857 59,247 Mexico 2,386 1,086 1,300

South America 38,890 20,820 18,070 Argentina 8,631 3,875 4,756 Bolivia 7,919 4,434 3,485 Chile 2,533 1,165 1,368 French Guiana 3,822 2,156 1,666 Paraguay 4,926 2,863 2,063 Suriname 3,416 2,014 1,402

Uruguay 1,703 829 874Venezuela 2,297 1,406 891Others 3,643 2,078 1,565

Asia 43,912 25,341 18,571 China 2,209 1,279 930 Japan 36,202 21,189 15,013 Others 5,501 2,873 2,628

Europe 252,892 101,017 151,875 Germany 16,637 5,719 10,918 Austria 1,485 607 878 Belgium 5,563 2,413 3,150 Spain 46,330 16,833 29,497 France 17,743 7,476 10,267 Netherlands 5,250 1,768 3,482 Ireland 6,202 3,291 2,911 Italy 34,652 11,981 22,671 Norway 1,398 382 1,016 Portugal 65,969 28,771 37,198 United Kingdom 32,270 15,419 16,851 Sweden 1,723 592 1,131 Switzerland 12,120 3,194 8,926

Others 5,550 2,571 2,979

Oceania 13,880 7,233 6,647 Australia 10,836 5,581 5,255 New Zealand 2,980 1,623 1,357 Others 64 29 35

Not disclosed 646 381 265

Continents and countries of destination

The 2010 Brazilian Census provides an invaluable map of the movement of Brazilians outside the borders of their beloved homeland.


Total Men WomenBrazil 491,645 226,743 264,902

North 33,966 13,906 20,060 Rondnia 7,785 3,915 3,870 Acre 1,276 605 671 Amazonas 3,582 1,250 2,332 Roraima 1,181 618 563 Par 13,649 5,159 8,490

Amap 2,310 956 1,354 Tocantins 4,183 1,403 2,780

Northeast 73,830 27,499 46,331 Maranho 8,713 4,250 4,463

Piau 2,060 788 1,272 Cear 10,290 3,077 7,213 Rio Grande do Norte 4,549 1,350 3,199 Paraba 4,062 1,555 2,507 Pernambuco 13,898 4,964 8,934 Alagoas 2,518 840 1,678 Sergipe 1,693 703 990 Bahia 26,047 9,972 16,075

Southeast 240,298 118,576 121,722Minas Gerais 82,749 44,044 38,705Esprito Santo 16,548 7,864 8,684Rio de Janeiro 34,902 15,139 19,763So Paulo 106,099 51,529 54,570

South 84,348 40,884 43,464 Paran 45,863 22,445 23,418 Santa Catarina 17,502 8,434 9,068 Rio Grande do Sul 20,983 10,005 10,978

Midwest 59,203 25,878 33,325 Mato Grosso do Sul 7,977 3,774 4,203 Mato Grosso 8,221 3,738 4,483 Gois 35,572 15,156 20,416 Distrito Federal 7,433 3,210 4,223

spEciaL

The census also tracks the origins of Brazilian emigrants who have chosen to live abroad.


region, especially So Paulo (21.6%) and Minas

Gerais (16.8%), the first and second emigration

states of the country (106,099 and 82,749 people,

respectively).

The United States was the main destination of

emigrants from all states, especially Minas Gerais

(43.2%), Rio de Janeiro (30.6%), Gois (22.6%), So

Paulo (20.1%) and Paran (16.6%).

Japan is received the second largest number

of emigrants from So Paulo and Paran, 20.1%

and 15.3%, respectively. Portugal was the second

option for emigration in those leaving Rio de Janeiro

(9.1%) and Minas Gerais (20.9%). People leaving

Gois selected Spain as their second choice of

destination (19.9%). Spain was also second or

third on the list of several other municipalities. One

possible explanation: linguistic similarity.

Gois was the origin state with the highest

proportion of emigrants (5.92 people per thousand

residents), followed by Rondnia (4.98 per thousand),

Esprito Santo (4.71 per thousand) and Paran (4.39

per thousand). Sobrlia, So Geraldo da Piedade

and Fernandes Tourinho, all in Minas Gerais, were

the Brazilian cities with the highest proportions of

emigrants (88.85 emigrants per thousand residents;

67.67; and 64.69, respectively). Among the capitals,

Rio Branco (AC) was a highlight with a proportion

of 12.82 emigrants per thousand residents (ranked

42nd nationally). Following is Macap (AP), with

4.30 per thousand (rank: 37); Boa Vista with 3.42

per thousand (rank: 38) and Braslia with 2.89 per

thousand (rank: 41).


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Big Enough for American Cinema Marcio Rosario stirs pride among his countrymen with his award-winning acting


Marcio Rosario began his career at four, then

moved to the United States in 1999, building an

enviable resume. Hes taken part at the American

Film Institute and has also worked closely with

famous directors such as Japanese director

Takashi Miike and the Romanian filmmaker

Pouran Deherrkian, in Bitterland.

Movies are not his only interest. Rosario

can also be seen on television, for example as

a foreman named Veloso in the Brazilian soap

opera Araguaia on the Globo Network. When

not pursuing his onscreen career, he lends a

helping hand to Latin communities. He joined

the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, a

large organization co-founded by Jimmy Smits,

Sonia Braga and Esai Morales that provides

scholarships to individuals who want to follow a

career in arts.

He is proud of his nomination for Viver Outra

Vez, the only Brazilian movie selected at the Santa

Catalina Film Festival, which brings together

features from around the globe. Its worth

mentioning that this film was also shown at the

Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival and again on

May 7, 2011 in Los Angeles under the title Living

Again.

Our successful Brazilian guy won awards in

two international festivals with his role in Viver

Outra Vez. He was then chosen from among 150

other actors to play a large role in director Sage

Banniks An Evil Within. Rosario auditioned for two

weeks in Los Angeles for the role which will put

him onscreen with Trish Egan (Twilight) and Sali

Sayler in the three-million-dollar flick which will be

shot in Oregon and Washington and is slated for

a summer 2012 release in the U.S.

O ator brasileiro Marcio Rosario, que comeou

sua carreira aos quatro anos e se mudou para os

Estados Unidos em 1999, coleciona um currculo

privilegiado. Ele j participou do Instituto de Cinema

Americano e tambm trabalhou ao lado de direto-

res famosos como o romeno Pouran Deherrkian,

no filme Bitterland e do diretor japons Takashi

Miike.

Marcio atua ainda na TV / Filmes Rosario e

costuma ajudar as comunidades latinas. Uniu-se

Fundao Nacional Hispnica For The Arts (cofun-

dada por Jimmy Smits, Sonia Braga e Esai Mora-

les, grande fundao que d bolsas de estudo para

aqueles que querem seguir uma carreira nas artes).

Orgulhoso pela indicao do filme Viver Outra

Vez, como o nico filme brasileiro selecionado para

o Santa Catalina Film Festival, o festival que rene

filmes de todo o mundo, Marcio conta um pouco

sobre sua atuao. Ah! Vale lembrar que o filme foi

recentemente exibido no Los Angeles Brazilian Film

Festival e que foi exibido, com o ttulo internacional

de Living Again, no dia 07 de maio, em Los Angeles.

Indicado entre 150 atores, o ator brasileiro tem ain-

da em seu currculo um papel de destaque no filme

An Evil Within.

Marcio foi premiado recentemen-

te em dois festivais internacionais com o

mdia-metragem Viver Outra Vez e dar incio aos

ensaios de An Evil Within, dirigido por Sage Ban-

nick.

Rosario, que ir interpretar um dos perso-

nagens principais da trama, passou por testes

durante duas semanas em Los Ange-

les e foi escolhido entre 150 atores.

No elenco de An Evil Within tambm esto Trish

Egan (Crepsculo) e Sali Sayler (Aterrorizada). Du-

rante trs semanas, o ator ir exercitar as cenas de

ao, como brigas e a fuga de um incndio.

O filme, com oramento de trs mi-

lhes de dlares, ser rodado no Oregon e

em Washington e o lanamento est previs-

to para o vero de 2012, nos Estados Unidos.

Vale recordar que o ltimo trabalho de Rosario na

TV foi na novela Araguaia (Rede Globo), como o

capataz Veloso.


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by Romina Mello

Photos Santur/Noberto Cidade

A Tasteful Italian Outpost

If you want to drink good wine and learn a bit about italian culture, you do not need to go to italy. in southern santa catarina, 190 kilometers from its capital city, lies urussanga. it is a city of temperate weather and about 20,000 residents within 240 square kilometers.

tourism


The main access is through Morro da Fu-

maa by taking highways BR-101, SC-444

and SC-445. The SC-446 will take to both

southern access (through Cricima and Co-

cal do Sul) and northern (through Gravatal and

Orleans). From the west, the access is through

SC-438 until Orleans.

Urussanga was founded in May 1878, by

an engineer from Maranho named Joaquim

Vieira Ferreira and was incorporated in Octo-

ber of 1900. It is the main center of Italian im-

migration in southern Santa Catarina with im-

migrants coming mostly from Venice, Longa-

rone, Lombardia, Friuli and Trentino Alto Adige.

These immigrants passed, at first, through

Azambuja, staying in big shacks until they were

able to purchase their own land.

Until its colonization the land was inhab-

ited by Botocudo indians. So far there is still

no agreement about the meaning of the city

name. In Tupi-Guarani it can mean either cold

water river or wetland bird, because there

was a bird named uru and anga means a

place with a lot of water.

Urussanga is another Santa Catarina city

that invests in rural tourism. Not as much for

its natural beauties as historical currency, es-

pecially Anita Garibaldi Square and buildings in

the towns countryside that are not only tradi-

tional, but original. The city also has a repro-

duction of La Piet, from Michelangelo, a gift

from Pope Paul VI on the occasion of the citys

centenary. The artwork can be viewed at the

Nossa Senhora da Conceio Church.

The citys historic museum brings even

more history to tourists and locals. It opened

its doors in 1988, and shows life as lived dur-

ing Italian immigrant colonization times up to

the last half of the 20th century. Two of the

rooms have a permanent exhibition that de-

picts the lives of those immigrants. Two other

rooms store both technical collections (around

2,000 pieces) as well as temporary exhibits.

Even the most informal get-togethers are accompanied by lots of music and good wine


A mandatory stop is the rural property

of the Galdino Benz Fontana family, the

most well-known group of wooden struc-

tures of Urussanga. Others on the must-

see list are the cultural center, the So

Gervsio and Protzio as well as the So

Bonato church, also Longarone Square

and the Nichele family house.

If these are not enough reasons to

get you to Urussanga, will a good wine

do the trick? Urussanga is mainly known

for its Festa do Vinho (wine party), which

happens every even-numbered year, and

the Rittorno Alle Origini on odd years,

celebrating Italian culture. Both festivals

are held at Ado Cassetari municipal park

tourism


and receive thousands of tourists from all

over. Everyone is looking forward to taste,

quite literally, more of Urussangas culture

and gastronomy.

Even the most informal get-togethers

are accompanied by lots of music and

good wine. However, if the appreciation

for wine goes beyond taste, there are

many wineries in the city to visit. The Casa

Del Nonno and the Mazon, for example,

show the visitor every step of the wines

industrialization process and its products.

The Mazon Winery in So Pedro also

built an inn with an excellent restaurant.

The next step will be the construction of a

rural mall for presenting products and ser-

vices of the community for visitors to pur-

chase, such as many types of cheeses,

wines, salamis, jellies, homemade cakes

and breads. There is also a plan to build

some ecology hikes and fishing holes.

When planning a trip to Urussanga,

have no fear about infrastructure. The city

has many restaurants, among them the

great Pirago. Urussanga also has many

hotels, inns, a water park, playgrounds,

skate parks and more. It would be wise

to make reservations, especially around

festival and event times.

But it is not only tourism that keeps

Urussanga running. Initially, its economy

was based on agriculture and animal

husbandry. Today the city has a mixed

economic base spread among plastic,

ceramic and aluminum articles, as well as

furniture, metallurgy, textiles, not to men-

tion the cultivation of corn, beans, rice,

tobacco, yucca, peaches, plums, poultry

and pig breeding. In recent years it has

also supported fisheries.

For a long time Urussangas econom-

ic generator was coal mining because it

is located on one of the countrys main

coal reserves. The citys subsoil conceals

other important minerals such as fluorite

and loam.

A piece of Italian culture and a little bit

of history, all with a colonial wine taste.

Urussanga is a must for everyone who

loves a good wine with Italian flavor.

It is the main center of Italian immigration in southern Santa Catarina with immigrants coming mostly from Venice, Longarone, Lombardia, Friuli and Trentino Alto Adige


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