As many of you can imagine, the World Cup is like a national holiday in Brasil. I'm not kidding. We don't have class, people don't go the work, the streets are decorated with green and yellow and they are empty on days that Brasil plays. Weeks ago, almost every commercial on TV had a song advertising their product and cheering for Brasil to win "one more". I've already got jingles stuck in my head for various banks, a grocery store, a furniture store and dishwashing soap.
The last two games of Brazil (9 June and 18 June) were rather disapointing. Brazil won against Croatia and Australia, but everyone expected more from our world champions. Nonetheless, that doesn't stop people from celebrating victory with fireworks and decorations and all sorts of funny looking things that make loud noises when you blow into them. I watched the first game at Samareh's house in Mogi Guaçu. A bunch of Baha'is came over and took part in the festivities. The second game i watched with Feizi and Azm at a japanese restaurant on a projector screen. The apartment across the street set off fire works from their balcony.
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