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Brazilians descend from people who originally came from many other parts of the world.


Immigration from Europe was given a fresh boost in 1808 when laws were passed allowing foreigners to own land in Brazil.

Throughout the 19th century and especially in the early 20th century, many people from Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Poland came to Brazil.

Non-Europeans, like Lebanese, Syrians, and Japanese also came in large numbers.
Some of these people came to work in developing industries, in large cities such as São Paulo.

The Japanese began to arrive in 1905, in an historic ship called Kasato Maru.By the way, the largest Japanese city outside Japan is located in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, in the district known as “Liberdade” which means “Liberty”