Country

Brazil

Also Known As Federative Republic of Brazil

South America

Brazil is the largest country in South America, covering roughly half the continent's land area and bordered by the Atlantic Ocean along a coastline of some 7,491 kilometers. It encompasses a wide range of tropical and subtropical landscapes, including wetlands, savannas, plateaus and low mountains, and contains most of the Amazon basin, home to the world's largest river system. Portuguese rule gave way to the independent Empire of Brazil, declared on 7 September 1822 and recognized by Portugal on 29 August 1825; the country is now the Federative Republic of Brazil. Its capital is Brasilia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Capital

Brasilia 2

Population

213,421,037 2

Population Estimate Year

2025 2

Area (sq km)

8,510,346 2

Independence or Founding Year

1822 2

Declared independence from Portugal 7 September 1822; recognized by Portugal 29 August 1825.

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Brazil

FAQs

When did Brasília become the capital of Brazil?

Brasília became the capital in April 1960 when the government moved from Rio de Janeiro.

Brasília became the capital of Brazil in April 1960, when the federal government started its move from Rio de Janeiro. The idea of a capital city in the interior of Brazil dates to 1789, the site of Brasília was selected in 1956, and work began under President Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira.

Connections

Associated With

Acre

Alagoas

Amapa

Amazon Rainforest

Amazonas

Bahia

Bahia is a state of Brazil.

Source Bahia (Wikipedia)

Belo Horizonte

Source Belo Horizonte (Wikipedia)

Brasília

Brasília is the capital of Brazil.

Source Brasília (Wikipedia)

Ceara

Ceara is a state of Brazil.

Source Ceara (Wikipedia)

Cerrado

Curitiba

Source Curitiba (Wikipedia)

Espirito Santo

Fortaleza

Source Fortaleza (Wikipedia)

Goias

Iguacu National Park

Source Iguacu National Park (Wikipedia)

Manaus

Minas Gerais is a state of Brazil.

Source Minas Gerais (Wikipedia)

Pantanal

Pantanal Matogrossense National Park

Source Pantanal Matogrossense National Park (Wikipedia)

Parana

Parana is a state of Brazil.

Source Parana (Wikipedia)

Pernambuco

Pernambuco is a state of Brazil.

Source Pernambuco (Wikipedia)

Porto Alegre

Recife

Source Recife (Wikipedia)

Rio de Janeiro

Source Rio de Janeiro (Wikipedia)

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro is a state of Brazil.

Source Rio de Janeiro (Wikipedia)

Rio Grande do Sul

Salvador

Source Salvador (Wikipedia)

Santa Catarina

Sao Paulo

Source Sao Paulo (Wikipedia)

Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo is a state of Brazil.

Source Sao Paulo (Wikipedia)

The Amazon Basin

Source Brazil (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Brasília

Brasilia is the capital of Brazil.

Source Brasília (Wikipedia)

Long-Form Articles

Brazil's Empire Fell to a Coup, Not a Revolution

Rivers Through Territory

Source Amazon River (Wikipedia)

Tocantins River

Uruguay River

Xingu River

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Same As

Brazil

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Brazil

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Has Member

Mercosur

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Governed By

Lula Administration

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Nationals Include

Alysson Paolinelli

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Arlindo Porto

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Edson Lobato

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Francisco Turra

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Iris Rezende

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José Graziano da Silva

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Luis Carlos Guedes Pinto

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Mariangela Hungria

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Pedro Simon

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Pratini de Moraes

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Reinhold Stephanes

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Roberto Rodrigues

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Sinval Guazzelli

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Oscar Niemeyer

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Heitor Villa-Lobos

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Joao Gilberto

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João Zeferino da Costa

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Oscar Niemeyer

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Sebastião Salgado

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Tarsila do Amaral

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Tarsila de Aguiar do Amaral (Portuguese pronunciation: [taʁˈsilɐ du ɐmaˈɾaw]; 1 September 1886 – 17 January 1973) was a Brazilian painter, draftswoman, and translator.

Luiza Trajano

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Luiza Helena Trajano Inácio Rodrigues (born 9 October 1948) is a Brazilian businessperson.

Aleksandar Mandic

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Antonio Luz Furtado

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Antonio Luz Furtado (born 24 August 1934) is a Brazilian computer scientist and Professor of Computer Science known for his work in databases and conceptual modeling.

Carlos José Pereira de Lucena

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Demi Getschko

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Luiz Velho

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Nivio Ziviani

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Roberto Ierusalimschy

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Tércio Pacitti

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Celso Furtado

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Celso Monteiro Furtado (July 26, 1920 – November 20, 2004) was a Brazilian economist and one of the most distinguished intellectuals of the 20th century.

Paulo Freire

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Fábio Barreto

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Fernando Meirelles

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Glauber Rocha

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José Padilha

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Ada Pellegrini Grinover

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Alexandre de Moraes

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Quote, Lead sentence 1

Alexandre de Moraes (Brazilian Portuguese: [aleˈʃɐ̃dɾi dʒi moˈɾajs]; born 13 December 1968) is a Brazilian jurist, former politician, former president of the Superior Electoral Court, and current justice of the Supreme Federal Court.

André Mendonça

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Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade

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Augusto Teixeira de Freitas

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Augusto Teixeira de Freitas (1816–1883) was a prominent Brazilian jurist whose prolific writings inspired all South American private law codifications.

Carmen Lucia

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Clovis Bevilaqua

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Cristiano Zanin

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Dias Toffoli

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Edson Fachin

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Quote, Lead sentence 1

Luiz Edson Fachin (born 8 February 1958) is a Brazilian jurist and lawyer.

Ellen Gracie Northfleet

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Epitacio Pessoa

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Flavio Dino

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Francisco Rezek

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Gilmar Mendes

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Cassava

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Joao Gilberto

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Tarsila do Amaral

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Antonio das Mortes

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Black Orpheus

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Central Station

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City of God

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City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian epic crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund.

Elite Squad

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Acarajé

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Brazil Nut

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The Brazil nut is native to the Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil, eastern Colombia, eastern Peru, and eastern Bolivia.

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Cachaça

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Canja de galinha

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Cassava

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Churrasco

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Coxinha

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Farofa

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Feijoa

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Feijoa is native to parts of South America including Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Feijoada

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Mate Culture

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Moqueca

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Passion Fruit

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Pavê

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Peach Palm Seed

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Origin and Distribution This useful palm is apparently indigenous to Amazonian areas of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil, but it has been cultivated and distributed by Indians from ancient times and is so commonly naturalized as an escape that its natural boundaries are obscure.

Pequi Oil

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Quindim

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Requeijão

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Sagu (dessert)

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Stevia

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Tapioca

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Tapioca chips

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Vatapá

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Virado

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Yerba Mate

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Benito Juárez

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Anthropophagic Movement

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Concrete Poetry

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Cordel Literature

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Gaucho Literature

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The Alchemist (novel)

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The Hour of the Star

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Miguel Reale

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Miguel Reale (6 November 1910 – 14 April 2006) was a Brazilian jurist, philosopher, academic, politician and poet, known as one of the most important Brazilian jurists and as an exponent of the three-dimensional theory of law.

Newton da Costa

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Newton Carneiro Affonso da Costa (16 September 1929 – 16 April 2024) was a Brazilian mathematician, logician, and philosopher, best known for establishing and pioneering the field of paraconsistent logic.

Ayahuasca Ceremony

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Source Wikipedia: AyahuascaNon-traditional use sectiontier 3

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Originally confined to regions of Peru, Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador, ayahuasca became widespread in Brazil, expanding widely by the mid-20th century through syncretic religions in Brazil.

Bullet Ant Initiation

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Source Paraponera Clavata (Bullet Ant) (Wikipedia)Initiation rites section

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The Satere-Mawe people of Brazil use intentional bullet ant stings as part of their initiation rites to become warriors or leaders.

Guarani

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Source Guarani people (Wikipedia)Guarani people (Wikipedia), summary, range

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The traditional range of the Guarani people is in what is now Paraguay between the Paraná River and lower Paraguay River, the Misiones Province of Argentina, southern Brazil once as far east as Rio de Janeiro, and parts of Uruguay and Bolivia.

University of Sao Paulo

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The University of São Paulo (Portuguese: Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public research university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, and the largest public university in Brazil.

Site Of

Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida

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Butantã's House

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Casa do Sítio da Ressaca

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Casa do Sítio Tatuapé

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Catete Palace

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Cathedral of Brasilia

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Christ the Redeemer

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Copacabana Palace

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Edificio Copan

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Fazenda Velha

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Inauguration of Brasilia

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Luz Station

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Luz Station (Portuguese: Estação da Luz, IPA: [(i)staˈsɐ̃w dɐ ˈlus]) is a commuter rail and intercity rail station in the Bom Retiro district of São Paulo, Brazil, serving RFFSA, the intercity rail network of Brazil, CPTM Line 10-Turquoise, Line 11-Coral and Line 13-Jade (Airport Express).

Maracana Stadium

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National Congress of Brazil

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The National Congress Palace (Portuguese: Palácio do Congresso Nacional) is a building in Brasilia, Brazil that serves as the meeting place of the Brazilian national legislature, the National Congress of Brazil.

National Congress Palace

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Palacio do Planalto

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Sítio Morrinhos

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Sobrado at No. 2 Rua Ana Nery

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Sobrado Azulejado

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Ingá Stone

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Avibras

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Azul Brazilian Airlines

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Baden Baden (brewery)

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Bahia-Minas Railway

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Banco Bradesco

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Brasil Kirin

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Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro

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Embraer

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Engesa

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Ferrovia Paulista S/A

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Haras Santa Maria de Araras

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Hopi Hari

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IMBEL

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Libreflix

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Magazine Luiza

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Mauá Railway

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Mectron

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Motiva Linha 4

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North-South Railway (Brazil)

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Petrobras

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Porto Alegre Metro

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Taurus

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Vale

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Vale (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvali]), formerly Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Doce River Valley Company), is a Brazilian multinational corporation engaged in metals and mining and one of the largest logistics operators in Brazil.

WEG

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Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida

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Daniel Pereira de Mattos

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José Gabriel da Costa

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Masaharu Taniguchi

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Raimundo Irineu Serra

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Sebastião Mota de Melo

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Sebastião Mota de Melo (Eirunepé, October 7, 1920 — Rio de Janeiro, January 20, 1990), also recognized as Padrinho Sebastião, was a significant religious figure in Brazil, notable for establishing the religious organization CEFLURIS, a prominent branch of Santo Daime.

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