Braz\u00edlie se t\u00e1hne od sluncem zalit\u00fdch b\u0159eh\u016f Atlantiku a\u017e po hust\u00e9 zelen\u00e9 srdce Amazonky, zem\u011b kontrast\u016f vytesan\u00fdch \u0159ekami, vyso\u010dinami a pob\u0159e\u017e\u00edmi. Tato federace 26 st\u00e1t\u016f a feder\u00e1ln\u00edho distriktu, kter\u00e1 pokr\u00fdv\u00e1 v\u00edce ne\u017e polovinu povrchu Ji\u017en\u00ed Ameriky, obklopuje hlavn\u00ed m\u011bsto zem\u011b Bras\u00edlia uprost\u0159ed otev\u0159en\u00e9 savany a zvln\u011bn\u00fdch n\u00e1horn\u00edch plo\u0161in. P\u0159esto je to pod\u00e9l v\u00fdchodn\u00edho okraje \u2013 kde se m\u011bsta setk\u00e1vaj\u00ed s pl\u00e1\u017eemi lemovan\u00fdmi palmami \u2013 kde je brazilsk\u00fd puls nej\u017eiv\u011bji c\u00edtit: neklidn\u00e9 vlny v Riu, nekone\u010dn\u00fd rozlehl\u00fd S\u00e3o Paulo, kde se hlasy a motory spl\u00fdvaj\u00ed v neklidn\u00e9m hu\u010den\u00ed.<\/p>\n
Od rovn\u00edku k 34. stupni ji\u017en\u00ed \u0161\u00ed\u0159ky se Braz\u00edlie rozkl\u00e1d\u00e1 ve \u010dty\u0159ech \u010dasov\u00fdch p\u00e1smech a dvou hlavn\u00edch klimatick\u00fdch p\u00e1smech. Jednoho r\u00e1na je v Manausu vzduch prosycen\u00fd vlhkost\u00ed; odpoledne v Porto Alegre chladn\u00fd v\u00e1nek v\u00ed\u0159\u00ed zlatav\u00e9 tr\u00e1vy na pamp\u011b. Drsn\u00e9 h\u0159ebeny Serra do Mar lemuj\u00ed mlhou zahalen\u00e1 \u00fadol\u00ed pod\u00e9l jihov\u00fdchodn\u00edho pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed, zat\u00edmco Guyansk\u00e1 vyso\u010dina na severu rozd\u011bluje vody sm\u011brem k povod\u00edm Amazonky a Orinoka. Pico da Neblina, vysok\u00fd t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 t\u0159i kilometry, stoj\u00ed ti\u0161e jako str\u00e1\u017ece uprost\u0159ed rozlehl\u00e9ho amazonsk\u00e9ho de\u0161tn\u00e9ho pralesa \u2013 ozv\u011bny nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed \u0159eky zem\u011b, kter\u00e1 sama o sob\u011b nese v\u00edce vody ne\u017e kter\u00fdkoli jin\u00fd syst\u00e9m na Zemi.<\/p>\n
V\u00edce ne\u017e 212 milion\u016f hlas\u016f utv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed brazilsk\u00fd p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh. Portugal\u0161tina, kter\u00e1 se od roku 1500 nep\u0159eru\u0161ovan\u011b pou\u017e\u00edv\u00e1, spojuje pl\u00e1\u017eov\u00e9 kav\u00e1rny s d\u017eunglov\u00fdmi vesni\u010dkami v jedine\u010dn\u00e9m, melodick\u00e9m jazyce. Domorod\u00e9 jazyky p\u0159e\u017e\u00edvaj\u00ed v mal\u00fdch \u010d\u00e1stech \u2013 Xavante, Guaran\u00ed \u2013 jako \u0161epoty d\u0159\u00edv\u011bj\u0161\u00edch stolet\u00ed. M\u011bstsk\u00fd rozmach S\u00e3o Paula, kde \u017eije p\u0159es 12 milion\u016f lid\u00ed, se rozprost\u00edr\u00e1 na v\u00fdchod do \u00fadol\u00ed a p\u0159edm\u011bst\u00ed, zat\u00edmco Rio de Janeiro se dr\u017e\u00ed \u017eulov\u00fdch vrchol\u016f, z\u00e1tok s b\u00edl\u00fdm p\u00edskem a karnevalov\u00e9ho rytmu. Spole\u010dn\u00e9 proudy africk\u00e9ho, evropsk\u00e9ho a domorod\u00e9ho d\u011bdictv\u00ed se prol\u00ednaj\u00ed, sm\u011bs je c\u00edtit v konverzaci stejn\u011b jako v kruz\u00edch capoeiry nebo ve sladk\u00e9 v\u016fni acaraj\u00e9 va\u0159en\u00e9ho na uhl\u00edc\u00edch z palmov\u00e9ho oleje.<\/p>\n
Dlouho p\u0159ed Cabralov\u00fdm p\u0159\u00edchodem v dubnu 1500 vzkv\u00e9taly domorod\u00e9 komunity pod\u00e9l pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed a \u0159ek. S \u00fat\u011bkem portugalsk\u00e9ho dvora do Ria v roce 1808 se Braz\u00edlie na kr\u00e1tkou dobu stala srdcem glob\u00e1ln\u00ed \u0159\u00ed\u0161e. V roce 1822 princ Pedro vyhl\u00e1sil autonomii a zah\u00e1jil tak \u0159\u00ed\u0161i, jej\u00ed\u017e prvn\u00ed \u00fastava zakotvovala svobodu vyzn\u00e1n\u00ed a tisku \u2013 ale otroctv\u00ed ponechala nedot\u010den\u00e9 a\u017e do jej\u00edho postupn\u00e9ho rozpadu v roce 1888. O rok pozd\u011bji padla monarchie vojensk\u00fdm p\u0159evratem a za\u010dala republika. Revoluce, populistick\u00e1 vl\u00e1da Get\u00falia Vargase a vojensk\u00fd re\u017eim v letech 1964 a\u017e 1985 formovaly modern\u00ed politiku. Dne\u0161n\u00ed \u00fastava z roku 1988 upev\u0148uje demokratickou federaci a jej\u00ed N\u00e1rodn\u00ed kongres odr\u00e1\u017e\u00ed debaty z ty\u010d\u00edc\u00edch se betonov\u00fdch pl\u00e1ten Bras\u00edlie.<\/p>\n
Brazilsk\u00e1 slo\u017eit\u00e1 ekonomika se \u0159ad\u00ed mezi deset nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edch na sv\u011bt\u011b. \u00darodn\u00e9 pl\u00e1n\u011b Cerrado produkuj\u00ed s\u00f3ju a cukrovou t\u0159tinu; dobytek se pase na rozlehl\u00fdch pastvin\u00e1ch v Mato Grosso do Sul; hlubok\u00e9 doly v Minas Gerais dod\u00e1vaj\u00ed \u017eeleznou rudu a zlato. M\u011bstsk\u00e9 tov\u00e1rny v S\u00e3o Paulu a Belo Horizonte p\u0159em\u011b\u0148uj\u00ed tyto zdroje na ocel, elektroniku a sou\u010d\u00e1stky letadel. Braz\u00edlie dod\u00e1v\u00e1 k\u00e1vu, hov\u011bz\u00ed maso, \u017eeleznou rudu a letadla na trhy na v\u0161ech kontinentech. Instituce od zakl\u00e1daj\u00edc\u00edch \u010dlen\u016f OSN a\u017e po k\u0159esla v BRICS, G20 a Mercosuru zesiluj\u00ed jej\u00ed hlas. Ekonomick\u00e9 rozd\u00edly v\u0161ak p\u0159etrv\u00e1vaj\u00ed: t\u011bsn\u011b propojen\u00e9 favely shl\u00ed\u017eej\u00ed na t\u0159pytiv\u00e9 mrakodrapy, co\u017e p\u0159ipom\u00edn\u00e1, \u017ee bohatstv\u00ed a p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitosti z\u016fst\u00e1vaj\u00ed nerovnom\u011brn\u011b rozlo\u017eeny.<\/p>\n
\u0160edes\u00e1t procent Amazonie le\u017e\u00ed uvnit\u0159 hranic Braz\u00edlie a ukr\u00fdv\u00e1 desetinu v\u0161ech zn\u00e1m\u00fdch druh\u016f na Zemi. Z chodn\u00edk\u016f pokryt\u00fdch spadan\u00fdmi listy se ty\u010d\u00ed mohutn\u00e9 ko\u0159eny; nad hlavou jim k\u0159i\u010d\u00ed smaragdov\u00ed papou\u0161ci, kdy\u017e tap\u00ed\u0159i brod\u00ed potoky s \u010dernou vodou. Za de\u0161tn\u00fdm pralesem se Pantanal ka\u017edou sez\u00f3nu zaplavuje a ustupuje a p\u0159itahuje tis\u00edce st\u011bhovav\u00fdch pt\u00e1k\u016f. Divok\u00e9 tr\u00e1vy a galeriov\u00e9 lesy v Cerradu poskytuj\u00ed \u00fato\u010di\u0161t\u011b jagu\u00e1\u0159\u016fm, vlk\u016fm h\u0159ivnat\u00fdm a mravene\u010dn\u00edk\u016fm; pod\u00e9l atlantick\u00e9ho pob\u0159e\u017e\u00ed se keporkaci prod\u00edraj\u00ed pobl\u00ed\u017e drsn\u00fdch \u00fates\u016f. Mapa je sice poseta chr\u00e1n\u011bn\u00fdmi z\u00f3nami, ale odles\u0148ov\u00e1n\u00ed a rozvoj tyto ekosyst\u00e9my dol\u00e9haj\u00ed na jejich osud, jeho\u017e osud je \u00fazce spjat s glob\u00e1ln\u00edm klimatem a biodiverzitou.<\/p>\n
N\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edci p\u0159ij\u00ed\u017ed\u011bj\u00ed po tis\u00edc\u00edch. V salvadorsk\u00e9m Pelourinhu z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed koloni\u00e1ln\u00ed fas\u00e1dy v rann\u00edm sv\u011btle, zat\u00edmco ze skryt\u00fdch dvork\u016f l\u00e1k\u00e1 vzd\u00e1len\u00e9 \u0161um\u011bn\u00ed bubn\u016f. Pl\u00e1\u017eov\u00ed n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvn\u00edci v Bahii vst\u00e1vaj\u00ed p\u0159ed v\u00fdchodem slunce, aby sledovali p\u0159\u00edliv a odliv, jak vy\u0159ez\u00e1v\u00e1 duny, a pak se odpo\u010d\u00edvaj\u00ed u kokosov\u00fdmi paprsky von\u00edc\u00edch vln. D\u00e1le na jih se nach\u00e1z\u00ed Florian\u00f3polis, kter\u00fd m\u00eds\u00ed pl\u00e1\u017ee a borovicov\u00e9 kopce a je \u00fato\u010di\u0161t\u011bm pro surfa\u0159e i turisty. Ekoturist\u00e9 se vyd\u00e1vaj\u00ed proti proudu \u0159eky v k\u00e1no\u00edch se sklen\u011bn\u00fdm dnem a pod listnat\u00fdmi korunami strom\u016f pozoruj\u00ed kajmany a \u0159\u00ed\u010dn\u00ed delf\u00edny. Lid\u00e9, kte\u0159\u00ed hledaj\u00ed m\u011bstsk\u00fd pobyt v S\u00e3o Paulu, se proch\u00e1zej\u00ed po muze\u00edch, ochutn\u00e1vaj\u00ed feijoadu v ru\u0161n\u00fdch restaurac\u00edch a pop\u00edjej\u00ed silnou k\u00e1vu v \u00fazk\u00fdch uli\u010dk\u00e1ch.<\/p>\n
P\u0159\u00edchod Pedra \u00c1lvarese Cabrala p\u0159inesl do nov\u00fdch osad manuel\u00ednsk\u00e9 oblouky a barokn\u00ed olt\u00e1\u0159e. V Ouro Preto a Olind\u011b sv\u011bd\u010d\u00ed o bohatstv\u00ed zlat\u00e9 hore\u010dky vy\u0159ez\u00e1van\u00e9 kamenn\u00e9 kostely a koloni\u00e1ln\u00ed s\u00eddla. 20. stolet\u00ed p\u0159ineslo \u010dist\u00fd modernismus: k\u0159ivky Oscara Niemeyera definuj\u00ed bras\u00edlijsk\u00fd Kongres a katedr\u00e1lu, vzne\u0161enou vizi z b\u00edl\u00e9ho betonu. Dnes sou\u010dasn\u00ed architekti nov\u011b p\u0159edstavuj\u00ed favely jako \u017eiv\u00e1 pl\u00e1tna, maluj\u00ed st\u011bny jasn\u00fdmi odst\u00edny a vytv\u00e1\u0159ej\u00ed komunitn\u00ed centra tam, kde kdysi byly jen uli\u010dky. Galerie prezentuj\u00ed d\u00edla od baroka po modern\u00ed abstrakci, zat\u00edmco filmov\u00e9 festivaly v Riu vrhaj\u00ed mezin\u00e1rodn\u00ed pozornost na brazilskou kinematografii.<\/p>\n
Za soumraku o\u017eivuj\u00ed \u0161koly samby pod korunami eukalypt\u016f \u017eivot. Na dl\u00e1\u017ed\u011bn\u00fdch n\u00e1m\u011bst\u00edch se formuj\u00ed rody capoeiry, dvojice tane\u010dn\u00edk\u016f interaguj\u00ed jako v improvizovan\u00e9 konverzaci. Karnevalov\u00e9 \u0161\u00edlenstv\u00ed \u2013 fl\u00e9tny, surdos, stuhy \u2013 vyv\u011br\u00e1 z dlouholet\u00fdch tradic odporu a oslav. Domorod\u00ed \u0159emesln\u00edci vyr\u00e1b\u011bj\u00ed ko\u0161\u00edky, pe\u0159\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e9 \u010delenky a keramiku a uchov\u00e1vaj\u00ed tak \u0159emesln\u00e9 v\u00fdrobky p\u0159ed\u00e1van\u00e9 z generace na generaci. Trhy s potravinami se hem\u017e\u00ed bobulemi a\u00e7a\u00ed, tapiokov\u00fdmi pala\u010dinkami a pasteis napa\u0159uj\u00edc\u00edmi se v oleji, p\u0159i\u010dem\u017e ka\u017ed\u00e9 sousto je z\u00e1bleskem propleten\u00fdch stalet\u00ed. Minulost je zde v\u017edy p\u0159\u00edtomna: v ritu\u00e1lech, receptech a \u017eiv\u00e9m jazyce zem\u011b.<\/p>\n
Braz\u00edlie je rozlehl\u00e1, ano \u2013 \u00fazem\u00ed h\u00fd\u0159\u00edc\u00ed rozmanitost\u00ed. P\u0159esto se jej\u00ed podstata vyno\u0159uje pr\u00e1v\u011b v ka\u017edodenn\u00edch okam\u017eic\u00edch: d\u011bti hon\u00edc\u00ed se za v\u00fdchodu slunce na vln\u00e1ch, star\u0161\u00ed pop\u00edjej\u00edc\u00ed cacha\u00e7u pod stromy jacaranda, katedr\u00e1ln\u00ed zvon zvon\u00edc\u00ed nad vlhk\u00fdm \u00fadol\u00edm. P\u0159\u00edb\u011bh zem\u011b se odv\u00edj\u00ed ve vrstv\u00e1ch \u2013 geografie, historie, kultura, ekologie \u2013 protkan\u00fdch odolnost\u00ed a kreativitou jej\u00edch obyvatel. Proch\u00e1zet se jej\u00edmi ulicemi nebo p\u00e1dlovat po \u0159ek\u00e1ch znamen\u00e1 dotknout se n\u011b\u010deho \u017eiv\u00e9ho, neklidn\u00e9ho a nespoutan\u00e9ho, \u200b\u200bco nav\u017edy utv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed a formuje toto m\u00edsto na v\u00fdchodn\u00edm okraji velk\u00e9ho kontinentu.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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