Talk:Rio Grande do Sul

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the spaniards are in that 5% of "others" in the ethnic groups? I thought we were as much as the portuguese, i think that 25% are of portuguese AND spaniards.

Actually, most people are indeed Italian and German descendents.

Ethnically speaking, Spanish influence is negligible.

Contents 1 Same-Sex Civil Union 2 HDI 3 Culture 4 Curiosity changed to Statistics 5 Pardo 6 Origin of word "gaúcho" 7 european gauchos

[edit] Same-Sex Civil Union

Someone removed the ^{[citation needed]} which I attached to same-sex civil union topic. While I have no doubt that this fact is wikipedia-worthy but I would like to see a source or two about it. For now I'm replacing the 'citation needed' in a less conspicuous place. Corvokarasu 12:58, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

The reference can be found at the Rio Grande do Sul State Court website at: www.tj.rs.gov.br/site_php/noticias/mostranoticia.php?assunto=1&categoria=1&item=30873 By GaJewcho

Thanks. I've added the reference to the article. Corvokarasu 13:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HDI

Where did the 2004 HDI data come from? Brazilian articles claim a value of 0.814. Janiovj 02:49, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Culture

Who wrote about Rio Grande do Sul: "Samba and carnival are not popular as in the rest of the country and the internationally famous Brazilian mulatas are rarely seen." really doesn't know Brazil. This cultural character of samba and mulatas is only from Rio de Janeiro and the coastal Northeast. Fsolda 03:06, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Actually, not even in coastal Northeast. Of course there are many "mulatas" there, but samba is just another popular style, but not a common one. Forró and other Northeastern rhythms are much more popular.201.9.204.144 (talk) 07:00, 21 April 2008 (UTC)YgorCoelho

[edit] Curiosity changed to Statistics

Can anyone tell me how to change the template that includes a heading "Curiosity" into the entries for Brazilian states so that the heading is "Statistics"?

Redhill54 (talk) 15:50, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pardo

Is "Brown" not the best or least bad equivalent word in English for "Pardo"?Redhill54 (talk) 12:02, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Origin of word "gaúcho"

Natives of the state are known as Gaúchos, named after the cattle herders and ranchers who settled the state's pampa regions.

Actually, this is an old but wrong myth. "Gaúchos" were originally, in the colonial period, thieves who walked throughout the pampas in their horses robbing cattle and other precious goods from that rural and colonial time. Only later it became a common denomination of all people from Rio Grande de São Pedro, which became Rio Grande do Sul. 201.9.204.144 (talk) 06:58, 21 April 2008 (UTC)YgorCoelho

[edit] european gauchos

The article contrasts the "gaucho cultural influence" with the "europan" one... What does that mean? Gauchos are not strictly native-americans for all I know. -- NIC1138 (talk) 17:30, 1 June 2008 (UTC)