Monday, November 7, 2016

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Brazil Wins Gold: First Ever for Brazilian Men's Soccer


For the first time in Brazilian history, they have won the gold medal in men’s soccer.  They had a rough start early in the tournament with several no scoring games.  The heat really got turned up when they beat Denmark 4-0 in the third game.  Brazilians started out losing faith in their star player, Neymar, but quickly gained it back as soon as he scored his first goal of the Olympics.  He set the Olympic world record for quickest goal scored in the first 14 seconds of the game.  Brazil was now on a streak of winning and it just kept coming.  It came to the gold medal match, which was between Brazil and Germany.  The game continued to stay tied throughout the entire match.  After extra time, they then went to penalty kicks to determine the winner of the gold medal.  Neymar was up for the last penalty kick of the game and the score was 4-4.  With one kick the ball was in the goal and Brazil had the gold.  The first gold in Brazilian soccer history.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring_circus/2016/08/20/watch_neymar_score_the_winning_penalty_as_brazil_wins_first_ever_olympic.html

Worldwide Tradition: How Other Countries Ring in the New Year


It seems here in America all of our holidays have specific uniforms. Easter is pastel; Christmas is red sweaters; and Independence Day everyone has to wear red, white, and blue.  New Years Eve’s uniform is obviously glitter, sparkles, and sequins.  In the United States, most of our traditions revolve around overly expensive raves, watching a previously recorded video of a bunch of people having fun in New York City an hour before, and looking around desperate for someone to kiss before midnight.  But some countries seem to have it a little more figured out.  For Chinese New Year the history revolves around a large beast Niam who would eat people in a single bite, but it turns out he’s afraid of the color red, so everyone paints their door red so Niam doesn’t come eat them, too.  In Brazil, instead of watching the ball drop at midnight, Brazilians go to the beach and jump seven times into the ocean while throwing flowers at the stroke of midnight.  In the Philippines they wear polka dots and eat round fruits, Irish women can leave a mistletoe under their pillow to get a husband, and in Chile they go celebrate in the graveyard.  Learning about cultural traditions in other countries always seem a little weird, but then again Americans just wear a lot of sequins.

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