Lithuanian Brazilians

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Lithuanian Brazilians
Lituano-brasileiro
Brazilijos lietuviai
Scandinavian Brazilians, German Brazilians, Polish Brazilians, Russian Brazilians and Ukrainian Brazilians

Lithuanian Brazilians (Portuguese: Lituano-brasileiros, Lithuanian: Brazilijos lietuviai) are Brazilian citizens who are fully, partially or predominantly of Lithuanian descent or are Lithuanian-born people residing in Brazil.

History

The first Lithuanian to set foot on Brazilian soil, according to a record dated in 1866, was colonel Andrius Višteliauskas. His mission was to aid the Brazilian armed forces in the Paraguayan War. In 1890,[3] a group of Lithuanian immigrants and their families arrived in Brazil, in a total of twenty-five Lithuanian families entered the land of Brazil. Their destination was the newly established colony of Ijuí, situated on the red and fertile soil of the northwestern part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Today the city of

Cerro Largo (formerly known as Serro Azul
) and to make it into the small town that it is today.

One can still meet descendants from that first group of

State of São Paulo. Other groups of immigrants also were lured into the country at the time to fulfill labor shortages. São Paulo may have been the destination of most Lithuanians but they also went to settle in other states such as Rio de Janeiro and Paraná. The town of Castro, in Paraná, a state south of São Paulo, boasts that amongst Japanese, Russians and other ethnic groups their town was also founded by Lithuanian immigrants.[5]

The

slaves of Brazil had been freed in 1888. More and more in the following decades the coffee barons of the land tried to obtain laborers from other sources, mostly from White European sources.[6]

In São Paulo Lithuanians developed strong social ties around church congregations. Most were

Lutheran church services.[7]

In 1930, the núcleo (small colony) of

megalopolises of the world – the city of São Paulo. Everything seems to revolve around the Saint Joseph Catholic Church (São José). One can still taste some of the culinary of the Old World in this part of town. Easter eggs are still celebrated in the traditional way.[8]

In 2001, a documentary Eldorado: Lithuanians in Brazil or (Portuguese title: Eldorado: Lituanos no Brasil), by Fabiano Canosa and Julius Ziz was released about the story of Lithuanians in Brazil.[9]

Notable Lithuanian Brazilians

See also

References

  1. ^ "Um atalho para a Europa". Epoca. Editora Globo S.A. 24 June 2002. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Lithuanian descendants in Brazil". www.global.truelithuania.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  3. ^ Lithuanian immigration to Brazil
  4. ^ Lithuanian immigration to Brazil
  5. ^ Lithuanian immigration to Brazil
  6. ^ Lithuanian immigration to Brazil
  7. ^ Lithuanian immigration to Brazil
  8. ^ Lithuanian immigration to Brazil
  9. ^ Lithuanian immigration to Brazil

External links

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