São Leopoldo is a city located in northeast region of Rio Grande do Sul (south of Brazil). This city is where cames the first German immigrants group. Now you can find people with German origin in Rio Grande do Sul, P
So, now there are many German dialects in Brazil, but most Brazilian-Germans speak only Portuguese nowadays. This is mainly due to the prohibition of German teaching in schools and the publication of German newspapers (together with Italian and Japanese) during World War II, when Brazil broke off diplomatic relations with Germany (and also with the other Axis Powers, Italy and Japan ). However, is still spoken by over 600,000 Brazilians as a first or second language.
São leopoldo Fest
São Leopoldo Fest, is a festival like a mix of German and Brazilian Culture. I went to there during my winter vacations. That was so cool, has till restaurants with traditional German food, Italian and Japanese restuarants. This year it happened at Junly 21th to July 29 Here you can see some pictures
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Traditional german dance in São Leopoldo >>
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