In 1494 Portugal and Spain signed the Treaty of Tordesillas virtually dividing Americas between Portugal and Spain.

On 22 of April 1500, the portugese fleet commandor Pedro Alvares Cabral haslanded on Brasilian shores. Portugese found a native tree that wood is amber, in Portugese - brasa, like colour. They named this new country Brasil from the name of the tree, 500 years ago.

The king of Prtugal, Pedro II fled Portugal, after French invaded it in 1808, to Brasil and Rio de Janerio was the capital city of Portugese Empire, not Lisbon, until 7th of September 1822, when Pedro II gave Brasil independence from Portugal. Brasil become the Republic on 15th November 1889.
 
 

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Filmed, maliciously fragmented and post damaged by Kris Czerniawski "GatoLoco".
Electronics/Computer Scientist, one of Salsa dancers from Jose Prates dance classes.

Inspired
by
Brasilian
mystery


krysia

Filmed by: "Gato Loco"
Post production: "Gato Loco"
MPEG video by: "Gato Loco"
Experimental video production in low resolution format.

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DV Camera by: SONY DCR-SC100E

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