YEREVAN. - One of the biggest New Year celebrations in the world takes place on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Ambassador of Brazil to Armenia Edson Marinho Duarte Monteiro told the aforementioned to Armenian News – NEWS.am.
According to him, it is estimated that 1,5 million people come together there. “And what we do there is basically what we do at home: people come, they organize some tables, bring some food and drinks. There is music the Mayor of Rio provides. People come early - by 7-8 pm - and celebrate by drinking, eating, listening to music. And then at midnight there is a very big firework display. I think it lasts for more than 20 minutes, I’m not exaggerating,” Ambassador Edson Marinho Duarte Monteiro says smiling.
In terms of food and drinks, there is not something special that could be said to be exclusively Brazilian, the Ambassador continued. “Brazil is a country that received immigrants from all over the world. So when it comes to New Year and Christmas, we do what the immigrants brought to Brazil. And we drink wine. It’s interesting because Brazil was not until very recently a wine-drinking country. Wine was drunk only in the south of Brazil, but not all over the country. We prefer beer: cold beer goes very well with summer time. But on Christmas and New Year’s Eve there was always wine coming from the southern Brazil or other countries,” he concluded.
