German Brazilians refers to Brazilians of full or partial German ancestry. German Brazilians live mostly in the country's South Region, with a smaller but still significant percentage living in the Southeast Region.
German descendants in São Paulo.
German architecture in Pomerode.
German Diaspora (c. 1930). Brazil received the second largest number of Germans, only behind the United States.
German dance in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilians are the citizens of Brazil. A Brazilian can also be a person born abroad to a Brazilian parent or legal guardian as well as a person who acquired Brazilian citizenship. Brazil is a multiethnic society, which means that it is home to people of many ethnic origins, and there is no correlation between one's stock and their Brazilian identity.
The Brazilian people are multi-ethnic. First row: White (Portuguese, German, Italian and Arab, respectively) and Japanese Brazilians. Second row: Black, pardo (cafuzo, mulato and caboclo, respectively) and Native Brazilians.
Portuguese immigrant couple in São José do Rio Preto (1887).
Typical dress of women from Bahia
Brazilians from Belém, Paraíba, with typical clothes.