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JUNE) g .4,, 1976 S D H S student writes from Brazil (Continued from Page 1) Horizonte means Beautiful Horizon and you will understand Why if you are ever lucky enough to see one of the sunsets over fhe city. One night, just after I arrived, Bete andl and some of her friends went to the top of the city and watched this. To coin an old phrase, "the sight was too beautiful for words". Belo is a huge city, compared to Seaforth anyhow. It has one and a half million people living within its limits, Out of all those people, I-am sure I am staying with the best family. There are eleven children in the family but only five are left at home. My Brazilian parents are treating me exactly as one of their own children so I feel right at home. But don't worry Mom and Dad, I haven't forgotten you. The Maia hoot is very beautiful. It is typical of all the homes in Belo and probably all of, Brazil, It is made completely of stone so it's very cool inside. This must be a blessing during their summer as they say it gets very hot. They also have a summer and weekend home in ltabirito, about one hundred miles east of Belo. It too is a very beautiful home and very cool. Behind it there is a large swimming pool which I make good use of whenever I am there. Becanse it is Brazil's winter, it is too cold for anyone else to swim so they think I'm crazy. Bete is the only one so far who h as dared to go in with me. There is a small orchard here also with lemon trees, orange trees, coffee trees, tangerine trees, mango trees', banana trees, lime trees and even a beautiful poinsetta'tree. Coming from Canada, 1 naturally thought poinsettas only grew in pots and appeared only at Christmas. I was wrong. You know irmakes me feel proud when I can simply walk behind the house and pick an orange from any tree I wish. 1 dare anyone in Ontario to do that. The people here in Belo are mainly a mixture of Indians, Negroes, and Portuguese They are all dark and quite beautiful or handsome. It is difficult to 'find a natural blonde here. , - Speak Portuguese Brazil's main language is Portuguese'which sounds like Spanish. I know no Portuguese at all: at least I didn't before I came here.Now I am learning slowly, but surely, through Bete, her family and friends. Portuguese is a very difficult language to learn, much more difficult than English.. It is composed of very complicated verbs. Plus, in the English language, one word may have many, many meanings, where in Portuguese each word has .. 'Only one meaning. As a result, there are many words in their vocabulary, Bete's friends and brothers have a real nice time teasing me. They will teach me a certain Portuguese word and tell me what it means. So I start using that word, only to find out it hasn't the meaning that I thought it had. As you can guess, it usually means something bad ,and they think it is a big joke when I' say it and don't realize its meaning, It isn't funny when I say it in front of their parents though. Life in your hands As expected in a city this size, there are many cars. They are all small. There are very few big ones as they "eat"' too much gas which is fairly expensive here. It costs $1.44 a gallon in our money. The speed ti mit in the city is forty killometers but everyone goes much faster than that and the police don't seem to mind.. To cross any street is like taking your life in your hands. It sure isn't like Seaforth where motorists are usually pretty nice and stop and let you cross. Here, the motorist comes first, then the pedestrian. It is really a hair-rising experience at times. Whenever Bete and I go out, I always hold on to her arm tightly. To make matters worse, many of the streets are one wax. Now for Belo natives, this would make matters easier as they know they only have to look to one side when crossing a'street but I can never tell what streets go which way so I am mixed up all the time.Belo is much like Goderich with its square, only here there are many squares with streets leading off to the different parts of the city. The money in brazil is in grazadoes. I am finding it much easier to transfer my Canadian dollars to Brazilian grazadoes than Bete did when she was in' Canada. When she was there, nine grazadoes plus a bit more equalled --one dollar. Now, ten grazadoes equal a dollar so it is simple to figure out, For example, something costing 23.3 grazadoes costs me $2.33. I am finding prices here pretty well the same as in Canada. Silver is much , less expensive as are clay and stone ornaments made in Brazil. That's another thing which I found different from Canada, All of Brazil's little ornaments and knick-knacks areonade in Brazil. They are not made in 'Japan or China then imported here like in Canada. When you look on the bottom of an item advertising Brazil, you don't see a foreign label. Before I came I bought some pens with the name Canada stamped on them: I took it for granted that since they wore the Canadian stamp they were made in Canada but when 1 arrived here I discovered a little label printed on the pens, "Made in Italy". It took much of the meaning out of the pens. What's the use of giving gifts from Your country which aren't even made in your country? Brazilian food is a bit different from ours. Here the.big meal is at midday and a smaller meal is eaten at night. Except breakfast, rice and beans and some kind of meat are served at every meal. Their bread is different froM ours too. It is usually bought in the roll form which is hard and crusty. Supper always begins with a soup. Everything is spiced differently but it is not really strong or weak so it isn't hard to get used to. Bete says North Brazilians like their' foods spiced more heavily than in this part of Brazil. Here you can't turn on a tap and take a drink of water.,. All the drinking water has to be purified first. All homes have purifiers. After the water goes through the purifier, it is thee stored in a cooler. Win,ter Now -• Beciitst it is on the opposite side of the equator than is Canada, this is Brazil's winter right now. But I can see no difference, so far, from it and our summer, The -nights are a bit cooler but other than that, it feels the same. It has been sunny every day since I came. it hasn't rained once so everything is very dry. As 'a result of all this sun, I am starting a nice tan. Brazilians have sonic beautiful customs which I would love to take back to Canada with me. The.one that surprises me yet delights me the most is their custom of kissing both cheeks Whenever they meet a person (mainly women) whether she be an old friend or a new acquaintance. This seems much more informal and friendly than our traditional Canadian handshake, Brazilians in general (the ones I have met anyhow) are a very musical people. Every member of Bete's family is able to sing and play an instrument of some kind and w hen everyone gets together and "does their thing" the resulting sound is beautiful. Their traditional music, and dance is "somba". It is a type of lazy beat yet some songs written in this form go quite fast. The dance that goes with this type of music is also a lazy type. The really good somba 'dancers know how to make their whole body move to the beat' of the music. It is quite different from our rock and roll. Bete attends a private girl's school but it is typical of many Brazilian schOols she says. She gets. up every morning , at 6:30 to be at school by 7:30. It lasts.four hours until 11:30. During this time she has four.classes. It is run in the semester system. I go to school with her almost every day. I don't understand a word that'S being said, Unless I really listen and concentrate on what is being said, it all sounds like a flock of birds chattering. Sometimes it can get quite frustrating, Pbor Bete has to translate many of her friends' conversations to me which must get quite boring for her. She says it doesn't. • Watching 'television here is a real experience.. It is so funny to watch an actor's or actress's mouth move in English yet Portuguese words are being said. Rhoda has a completely different Portuguese voice than her English voice. Kojac speaks in high squeaky tones and -Maxwell Smart on "Get Smart" has lost'much of his character to me „because he doesn't have his old voice. Many of their TV shows are American but put to Portuguese words. Bete, some friends andl went to see "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest",at one of the theatres here in Belo. It was in English but all the words were printed at the, bottom of the screen in Portuguese. Well, not all the words. Many of the swear words wre excluded' plus many of the short sentences. Because of this I am sure' much of the meaning is lost to the Portuguese viewers. Begin Streets It is very common hely to see little children begging on the streets. Sometimes the children come to the door and ask for food or money. In these 'cases, the mother is just around the corner waiting for' her child to return. It is very sad to see. It makes me feel lucky that I have what I have. Many times when a person goes to park this sar,..a little child will run up and offer to "protect" it from for him in return for a small sum of money, The people here usually agree because if they don't, they are liable to return and find their car scratched or damaged. The little boys sometimes do this in spite because the owners wouldn't hire them. All over the city, especially at night, there are street vendors selling hotdogs, pop, popcorn, etc. You can stop at a stop light and call the cart over, buy what you want and take off again by the time the light turns green. In Canada, we find spkclers on our walls. In Brazil there are also spiders, but sometimes you can find a 'largatixa" on a wall also,. I found this out the hard way. One night I was just ready to jump into bed and there on the wall next to my bed was a "largatixa". I didn't know what it was but it sure looked ugly. It was like a tiny lizard, about finger length. But I wasn't taking any .chances. called (screamed) at Bete and she camp running. She laughed when she saw ft, Apparently these creatures are very common in homes and they won't hurt you. Next time I'll know. -Many Churches The city if ltabirito, where Bete's summer home is located, is very old and there are many churches: Many of these churches have bells which toll each hour and half hour. In the daytime this sounds very pretty. At night, while you are sleeping, it can be a headache. Every Sunday morning at five ;o'clock, the priest at one of these churches turns on the music over a loud speaker to call people to mass I guess, and the whole city of 100,000 people can hear it. It plays again at six, nine, twelve and then at six at night. This too is very beautiful but somehow 1 just can't get used to hearing it so early in the morning. Well, I think t have said enough, I could go on and on about all the 'other things which I have done and seen but these I mentioned are the most important to me: I hope I have given a little insight to readers as to what Brazil, a fairly strange country to many people, is really like. I am having a great time and I know it is an experience I will never forget for the rest of my life. I miss my home and family though. For anyone who wants to write, my address is Av. Contorno 4633, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil, 30000. Hello to All of' my friends. .,Brucpfield LICW. di tusses .churth :.picnic ft Step Smartly To 5 SINCERITY SHOES 1. and take advantage of ANNWERSAR many saving values SALE ENDS SATURDAY, JUNE 26 Love, Sandy. • qr. 4.0 01/0 411081 411160011"hiPliar.inse. qr. on. la am IOW OM 411010 aim Correspondent Mrs,. Hugh Berry The final meeting until fall of Tuckersmith U.C.W. was held at the home of Mrs. Mary Haugh on Monday evening : June 14. Mrs, Edna Paterson and Mrs. Laura Sillery were in charge, of the Devotions The meeting was opened with Mrs'. Sillery reading a , poem and the hymn, "All people that on earth do dwell". Another poem was' read' by 'Mrs. Sillery "Flowers". The offering was received and dedicated by Mrs. Paterson who also spoke on Indians, Their way of Living and Habits.' . leas note that the - BIII to peat due and subject tOtionitity,thilttem tax liitittde toast be preitorited.'when *malting rite he regular Tax Notices,,pave now boon *sued: plytittinuot both installnierits before June 80th will entitle the ratepayer to a discount of .1 % of the amount. TAXES TOWN of SEAFORTH Taxpayers are reminded that the second regular installment of Municipal Taxes is due JUNE 30,1976 Mrs. Haugh. was thanked for the use of her home and a tour of her garden. Lemonade was served by Mrs. Muriel Allan on a very warm evening on the The 'President, Jean Henderson, chaired the business and Doris Sillery . reported for the May meeting. Mrs. Berry gave the treasurers report. Members were reminded .of the combined church picnic at Hully Gully on June 27. the strawberry and ham supper. June 23rd and the bride and groom service July 4 for citizens married in Brucefield church or manse. verandah. Lunch was served by Mrs. Della Clarke and Mrs. Grace. Thomson and assistants. Mr. John McIntosh, Toronto, visited 'over the weekend with Mrs Mary Haugh and other relatiVes of Brucefield. Miss Kathy Rushcall, Victoria is visiting with her grandparents Mr. and WS. Ross Scott. Miss Rushcall won a trip to attend the Olympics, Monteval. Kathy is a member of the Amateur , SwiMming Club, Victoria, Rev E. S. 'Stevens, Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Isobel Scott and. Mrs.k. Ham and Miss M. Swan spent a day in Niagara Falls and Woodstock. Mrs. Grace Chapman attended the 50th anniversary of her sister Mrs. Elgin McKinley and Mr. McKinley, Zurich, Over 200 guests attended the 100th anniversary of Brucefiekd United Church visitors day, June 1st. Congratulations are in order for Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor who will celOrate. their 25th anniversary on the• 19th of June, Plan to, attend, the Brucefield United Church ham and strawberry supper Wednesday; June 23rd, The ' annual 1.0.0.F. Decoration Service on Sunday, June 20th at 2:00 QUirlitira While Sizes Are Still Good The early crowds are getting their choices. BEVER fverythiny+$OLDto fhe BARE WALLS 1st. eeks Door Prize Winner' Joyce Oliver - Congratulations! !gismos suid)Lus Sri our o,Es IN These Include Shoes for the Whole Family 50%of Better Hurry IIiJTTi R tfilitIVY 'BEAT ITIE CROWDS COLLECT ON THESE SAVINGS Al*chil limas -JIM CROCKER FAMILY FOOTWEAR m.40*. 9-.6 hi. 9.9 S3 Main Street, Seaford' Charges Otiett Wednesday Master Charge Special Group: Ladles, Men's Boys, Girls Shoes Table # Your Choice $1.99' Table #2 $3.99 2PRICE And much LESS MANY CASES