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Now playing Next Culture news This time for women! Brazilian murals painted for Women's World Cup It is a tradition in the Vila Isabel neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, that artists paint a street for the Men’s World Cup. Now, for the first time, it is being covered in shades of yellow, blue, and green for the Women’s World Cup. 19/07/2023
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Now playing Next no comment Indigenous leader of the Kayapo tribe is honoured at annual festival Indigenous leader of the Kayapo tribe, Cacique Raoni Metuktire, is honoured at the annual folklore festival known as Boi Bumba, in northern Brazil 02/07/2023
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Now playing Next Climate Why is Brazil building 'rings of carbon dioxide' in the Amazon? Scientists are trying to understand whether the world’s most biodiverse forest has a tipping point that could throw it into a state of irreversible decline. 24/05/2023
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Now playing Next Culture news Pelé’s mausoleum in Brazil opens to public The tomb opened to the public on Monday and attempts to recreate the atmosphere the football legend inspired when he was on the pitch. 16/05/2023
Now playing Next no comment WATCH: surfers braving the wave during a tidal surge in Brazil A seasonal surge on a Brazilian river creates a challenge for surfers. 28/04/2023
Now playing Next Brazil Could the West fall out of love with Lula? Is the West falling out of love with Brazil’s Lula after his controversial comments on the war in Ukraine? Euronews asked the experts to find out. 21/04/2023
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Now playing Next Brazil Brazil wrestles with solutions after deadly day care attack kills four A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and burst into a day care centre Wednesday in Brazil, killing four children, authorities said. 06/04/2023
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