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Click on the image above to get Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for only $20.96 (30% off)
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Brazil is famous for its soccer so why not go along and witness the euphoria of a local match. You won´t regret it.
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Cricket
 Yes, cricket does exist in Brazil. In fact, Brazil finished third place in the South American Championship, held in Buenos Aires in December 2003, with the home side, Argentina, coming first and Chile second. In São Paulo games are held most Sundays from March to December at the Associação Bamerindus club in Caucaia do Alto, near Cotia, and there is a very competitive championship between the Indian, Antipodean and Rest of the World teams. Cricket is also played in Curitiba and Brasília.
Cricket in Brazil has a long history. The Rio Cricket club was founded in Niterói in 1872, and the São Paulo Athletic Club in 1882. It is even said that Emperor Dom Pedro II and family were constant visitors at cricket matches. But cricket hasn't really caught on in this football-loving nation for many reasons. Cricket is a more complex game, a talking game, where players chat about tactics all through the match; it can take a long long time - international "test" matches take five days and less important games a whole day; protective equipment and a flat pitch are also essential. Indeed, the early form of cricket played in the United States around 1800 developed into baseball as America moved west during the 19th century. Yet a simplified form of cricket - taco - is played in the streets by children.
It seems so similar that it must have originated from cricket.
The Brits took cricket wherever they went. In Brazil cricket was played in Recife, Santos, at British owned mines in Minas Gerais, at the Vesty meat farm in Barretos, SP, and of course Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
We are now hoping to change things and plan to introduce cricket into schools in Brazil. The Brazilian Cricket Association was officially formed in 2002 and has become an affiliate member of the international Cricket Council (ICC), making it much easier to obtain official support to spread the game in Brazil.
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If you would like to play, watch or get more further information, please contact
John Milton: jmilton@usp.br
or Dave Gilman: dgilman@plugnet.com.br
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Try out this unique Brazilian form of martial arts which combines dance with acrobatic movements, all to the beat of the berimbau.
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Click on the image above to get Soccer Madness: Brazil‘s Passion.for only $14.50
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