Culture São Paulo (state)

1 culture

1.1 cuisine
1.2 fine arts
1.3 museums

culture


typical 19th century caipira countryside of são paulo. painting almeida júnior.

são paulo state cosmopolitan region, land influenced encounter different traditions beginning tupi-guarani native american nation, intrusion of iberian , other european elements , traffic of enslaved africans. in 19th , 20th centuries, european, asian, , middle-eastern immigrants made way there. earlier, land had been starting point of bandeirantes expeditions, sought enslave natives of hinterlands , explore mineral wealth. hence, são paulo influenced of western brazil, states of minas gerais, neighbor north of it, , paraná, part of old são paulo province.

a distinctive character in culture of são paulo state caipira tradition, mixture of luso-native-brazilian , immigrant elements, southern italian, influenced dialect, different portuguese language spoken in são paulo city, although latter heavily italianized. caipira culture strong in countryside cities, although centers piracicaba, são carlos, são josé rio preto, araraquara, ribeirão preto, barretos, campinas, marilia, assis, presidente prudente, jaú , bauru have strong retroflex r style of pronunciation , unusual usage of words. seems influence calabrian or sicilian italian dialect though, , many of words peculiar region archaic portuguese forms. native languages might have stressed more nasal sounds of words ending in /m/ or /n/, feature of other dialects in brazil.

cuisine

caipira food typically includes fried or barbecued beef steaks; fried eggs; couve (collard green); taioba (cabbage); manioc (corn flour); farofa (stuffing); frango caipira (freshly baked or pan-seared chicken); frango passarinho (fried chicken pieces of chicken); fried breaded sardine or fish fillet; , pork chops or baked pork lettuce or cabbage , tomato, seasoned garlic, lemon, , onions. bean stew carne seca (dried charque beef), toicinho (bacon) , white rice staple, macarronada (spaghetti) present on sunday luncheons, , fried sausages eaten daily. mildly spiced legumes, zucchini , other types of squash, prepared stew or without meat, , quiabo (ocra) , abobora or butternut squash favorite dessert, sweetened sidra, canjica (white corn kernels cooked in milk, coconut, , condensed milk , peanut bits). pudim de leite, or milk custard, pave (mounted cookies in rich condensed , heavy cream sauce) , manjar (white flan) other mouth-watering treats. if none of these desserts present, countryside meals leave out citrics such oranges , mexericas, bananas, caquis or abacaxi (pineapple). home-made loaves or regular bakery fresh rolls butter or corn meal or orange cakes served coffee , milk or mate tea in afternoon before dinner or before bed. pastries chicken coxinha fried dumplings , risolis, , mediterranean or syrian-lebanese kibe , open sfihas served in birthday , wedding parties followed glazed cake, guarana , other sodas, champagne, caipirinha sugar-cane liquor or beer. chopp or draft beer must in weddings celebrations.

fine arts

tarsila amaral

another distinctive character in state of são paulo so-called brazilian erudite culture. são paulo home of brazilian week of modern art (semana da arte moderna), organized poets , artists são paulo, mário de andrade, oswald de andrade, menotti del picchia, tarsila amaral , anita malfatti, victor brecheret , lasar segall. são paulo birthplace of brazilian classical composers, carlos gomes (the famous brazilian opera composer), elias Álvares lobo , camargo guarnieri. osesp, são paulo state orchestra known internationally , has had both national , international directors.

museums

são paulo has of impressive museums in country, such museu paulista ipiranga, honors site of independence of brazil , has numerous native american artifacts, funeral urns , other historic objects, besides monument resting place of dom pedro, brazil s first emperor , wife. museu de arte de são paulo or masp on avenida paulista important latin american collection of european paintings, , pinacoteca estado on avenida tiradentes exhibits paintings , sculptures. museu de arte sacra on same avenue features national barroc art , italian nativity scene, besides having in chapel next door, tomb of frei galvão, first brazilian saint. across pinacoteca luz station built in britain , assembled in brazil innovating museu da língua portuguesa, first interactive language museum in world. ibirapuera park features museu presepio or creche museum, afrobrasil, african-brazilian museum, , bienal book , art fair site conducted every 2 years. city of são carlos in center of state has museu avião, open airplane museum.