This week, a national program for conservation of Brazilian caves was released. Brazil has 100,000 caves, according to estimates, and the intention is to protect them from degradation.
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Photographic exhibition on the Arab influence in South America will run until the 16th at the Riyadh National Museum. The display organised by the Brazilian foreign office has travelled the world.
Ship Alinghi 5, of the team that won the last edition of the world’s most traditional regatta, arrived this week in Ras Al Khaimah, where the next edition of the race will be held in February 2010.
‘The splendour of the 18th Dynasty’ will bring to the city papyruses and replicas of the Arab country’s ancient art. The exhibition will be held at the Federal University of Rio starting on the 26th.
The state of Paraíba should get a specialization on the semiarid starting in 2010. The course should help primary teachers take into consideration the local reality while teaching.
The state of Paraíba should have a course on the semiarid starting in 2010. The classes will help elementary school teachers to take the local reality into consideration when teaching.
Such is the figure up until today (24th). Expenditures by foreigners in Brazil, during the same period, totalled US$ 331 million.
Targeted at the Brazilian public, the promotion will last up to October 15th. The winner will earn a ticket to Sidney, Bangkok or Seoul.
Social, cultural and digital inclusion project Casa Brasil, in the outskirts of Guarulhos, will dedicate, starting today, a week to the Arab country. There will be debates, dancing and film screening.
Kaust will be inaugurated today by king Abdullah and intends to become a global reference in scientific and technological research. For such, the institution has an endowment of US$ 10 billion.
Emílio da Silva Museum, from Jaraguá do Sul, is promoting, starting today, a talk about Ancient Egypt. It brings replicas of items of the time of the pharaohs, like statues and mummies.
Gilberto Abrão will release his debut novel, “Mohamed, o Latoeiro”, in São Paulo, today. The author, a son to Arab immigrants, tells the saga of a Syrian who got to Brazil in the early 20th century.
From today to October 2nd, Lebanese cities should promote samba and percussion parades and workshops. Dancers from Vila Isabel Samba School, from Rio de Janeiro, should parade the streets.
The Arab Syrian Cultural Centre is going to promote a cultural evening in the city of São Paulo on September 23rd. There will be an exhibition, a lecture and film screenings.
