Brazilian and American cultures

Brazil and the USA: a cultural contrast

Countries in the world are very different in many ways, mainly what concerns culture. This essay, specifically, is about the differences between Brazilian and American cultures and it will focus on three topics: food, sports and music.

Brazilian food is more healthy and nutritious than American food. In Brazil people eat more salad and vegetables and also more fruits. Besides, these kinds of food are cheaper in Brazil than the US. On the other hand, American people eat more unhealthy food such as sandwiches, fried and fatty food and they drink soft drink a lot. As a consequence, some diseases like diabetes, obesity, high pressure are increasing among American adult and child population. 

 The second different topic between Brazil and the US culture is sport. Although people in these two counties love sports, spend many hours in front of TV watching a match and cheering; and in spite of they have their sport’s idol, the sports aren’t the same. Brazilian people are “addicted” to soccer. This is the most important and famous sport in the country. However, American people are very interested in basketball, baseball, golf and rugby. Moreover, American sports team have a mascot and a cheerleader in the stadium on the day of the match.

The third difference is about music. Even tough Brazil and the US are cradles of many kinds of music, and they receive influences one of the other, their music is different. The typical Brazilian music are more agitated and dancing such as axé, samba, forró, bossa nova, sertanejo and MPB. The typical American music is, for example, jazz, blues, soul, hip hop, rock and roll, heavy metal, country, gospel music and American popular music. In fact, we know that there is an exchange of these kinds of music between these two countries due to globalization. In other words, nowadays, this music segregation isn’t strict. However, in contrast with Brazilian musical industry, American musical industry always launches a pop star or a rock star with international success.

As a final point Brazil and the US can share some similarities, but they have strong cultural differences, which are common among countries around the world since cultural issue is related to specific country history and traditions.