Except for the languages spoken by the Indian tribes in the remote reservations, Portuguese is the only language used in daily life. There are no regional dialects.
Brazil is the only Portuguese speaking country in South America.
The Brazilian Constitution guarantees absolute freedom of religion. Candomble is a religion that was brought to Brazil by the Yoruba slaves from Nigeria and Benin. Today many Brazilians from every social and economic group participate in both Catholicism and Candomble. As a former Portuguese colony they have retained some of the Christmas customs from this heritage. A Franciscan friar named Gaspar De Santo Agostinho introduced the Pres pio in the 17th century, in the city of Olinda.