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Dutch Brazilians ( pt, Neerlando-brasileiro) refers to
Brazilians
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of full or partial Dutch ancestry. Dutch Brazilians are mainly descendants of immigrants from the
Netherlands
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The
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
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were among the first
Europeans
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settling in
Brazil
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during the 17th century. They controlled the
northern
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* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
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coast of Brazil from 1630 to 1654. A significant number of
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
immigrants arrived in that period. The state of
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the ...
(then
Captaincy of Pernambuco
The Captaincy of Pernambuco or New Lusitania ( pt, Nova Lusitânia) was a hereditary land grant and administrative subdivision of northern Portuguese Brazil during the colonial period from the early sixteenth century until Brazilian independence. ...
) was once a colony of the
Dutch Republic
The United Provinces of the Netherlands, also known as the (Seven) United Provinces, officially as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands ( Dutch: ''Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden''), and commonly referred to in historiograph ...
from 1630 to 1661. There are a considerable number of people who are descendants of the Dutch colonists in
Paraíba
Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...
(for example in Frederikstad, today
João Pessoa - the second most Dutch city in Brazil on XVII century, after Mauristaadt), Pernambuco,
Alagoas
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and
Rio Grande do Norte
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.
During the 19th and 20th century, Dutch immigrants from the
Netherlands
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immigrated to the Brazil's
Center-South, founded a few cities and prospered. The majority of Dutch Brazilians reside in
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...
,
Paraná,
Rio Grande do Sul
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,
Pernambuco
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and
São Paulo
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.
There are also small groups of Dutch Brazilians in
Goiás
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,
Ceará
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,
Rio Grande do Norte
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,
Mato Grosso do Sul
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,
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literall ...
and
Rio de Janeiro
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.
Dutch presence in Brazil
The first
synagogue
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in the
Americas
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,
Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue
Kahal Zur Israel was a Jewish synagogue located at Rua do Bom Jesus (Rua dos Judeus) number 197 in Recife, Brazil. It was established in 1636 by Portuguese and Spanish Sephardic Jews that had taken refuge in the Netherlands fleeing forced con ...
- was established by the Dutch in
Recife
That it may shine on all (Matthew 5:15)
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in 1636.
Colonial reports stated that there was a strong rate of
miscegenation
Miscegenation ( ) is the interbreeding of people who are considered to be members of different races. The word, now usually considered pejorative, is derived from a combination of the Latin terms ''miscere'' ("to mix") and ''genus'' ("race") ...
between Amerindians, Portuguese, Blacks, Jews, Dutch, Germans, French and Englishmen during the period of the
Dutch Brazil
Dutch Brazil ( nl, Nederlands-Brazilië), also known as New Holland ( nl, Nieuw-Holland), was a colony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion of modern-day Brazil, controlled from 1630 to 1654 during Dutch colonization of the Americ ...
colony. The majority of soldiers and marines who lived in the
Nieuw-Holland were Dutch, Germans, Norwegians, Scottish and Jews. The absence of women in the colony explained the high rate of mixed race people.
In 2000, a genetic study among white Brazilians showed that 19% of people born in the Northeast had a genetic marker for chromosome Y that is common in Europe (haplogroup 2 - corresponding today to the sum of haplogroups I, G an J). This shows an excess of 6% when compared to Portugal (13%). The other Brazilian region which also has a higher frequency than Portugal is the South Region (28%). According to the research, the excess in both regions could be explained as due to the strong European immigration in the South Region and the Dutch presence in the Northeast. Another study showed a higher contribution of European ancestry in chromosome Y among people from the
Northeast Region, Brazil
The Northeast Region of Brazil ( pt, Região Nordeste do Brasil; ) is one of the five official and political regions of the country according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Of Brazil's twenty-six states, it comprises n ...
(94,74%) when compared with samples from Southeast Brazil (85,88% - 88,1%).
The second wave
The first
Dutch immigrants to Brazil settled in
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...
state from 1858 to 1862, establishing Holanda, a settlement. This settlement of five hundred primarily Reformed folk from West
Zeelandic Flanders
Zeelandic Flanders ( ; zea, Zeêuws-Vlaonderen; vls, Zêeuws-Vloandern)''Vlaanderen'' in isolation: . is the southernmost region of the province of Zeeland in the south-western Netherlands. It lies south of the Western Scheldt that separates ...
in the province of Zeeland was not successful. All further
immigration
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came to an end and contacts with the homeland declined. In 1973, the "lost settlement" was rediscovered in 1973. Except for the Zeeuwen in Holanda, not many Dutch went to
Brazil
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until post-1900. Between 1906 and 1913 more than 3,500 Dutch emigrated there, primarily during 1908 and 1909.
After the
Second World War
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, the Dutch Organization of Catholic Farmers and Vegetable Growers (KNBTB) coordinated a new flow of Dutch immigrants in search for a new life and new opportunities in Brazil. The most known Dutch settlements in Brazil are
Holambra I and
Holambra II (because they became leading producers of
flower
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s), but other settlements were established as well, and in time these small
village
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s became cities.
Also arrived after Second World War were
Eurasian
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refugees of mixed
Indonesian and Dutch blood called
Indos. These Indos traveled to Brazil because the Dutch society did not consider their war experience in Indonesia, and did not recognize the European status the Indos held dearly in their mother country. The number of Indos in Brazil was never counted because they are a part of the overall Dutch-Brazilian population.
Colony of Holambra
Holambra is a municipality in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaW ...
. The colony Holambra (from the words Holland-America-Brazil) and The Cooperativa Agropecuária de Holambra (Cattle Farming Cooperation of Holambra) were founded in 1948 by
Catholic
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Dutch immigrants at the farm Fazenda Ribeirão, between the cities of
Jaguariúna
Jaguariúna is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. The population is 58,722 (2020 est.) in an area of 141.39 km². The elevation is 584 m. This place name comes from the Tupi ...
,
Santo Antônio de Posse
Santo Antônio de Posse is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. The population is 23,529 (2020 est.) in an area of 154.13 km2. The elevation is 695 m. Nearby cities are Jag ...
,
Artur Nogueira
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and
Cosmópolis
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. After a referendum in 1991 where 98% of the population voted in favor of political autonomy for the area, Holambra gained city status in January 1993.
The
cows
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that were shipped in from the
Netherlands
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by the initial colonists did not survive the heat and
tropical
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diseases and so the colonists diversified to
pig
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and
chicken
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farming. As the colony around the farm grew in the following decades, the focus shifted from
agriculture
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to
horticulture
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. Famous for its large production of
flowers
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and plants and for the yearly event Expoflora, Holambra receives tens of thousands of
tourist
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s each year. In April 1998, that fact was recognized as Holambra gained the status of Estância Turística, touristic location.
Notable Dutch Brazilians
Dutch-descended families in Brazil are used to be celebrated in politics and culture:
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Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira
Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (May 3, 1910 – February 28, 1989) was a Brazilian lexicographer, philologist, translator, and writer, best known for editing the ''Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa'', a major dictionary of the Portugues ...
- lexicographer, philologist and translator
*
Bebel Gilberto
Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is ...
- singer and composer
*
Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, ...
- singer, musician, composer, writer and poet
*
David Neeleman
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- businessman
*
Gilberto Freyre
Gilberto de Mello Freyre (March 15, 1900 – July 18, 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist, congressman born in Recife, Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is commonly associated with other ...
- cultural anthropologist, historian, journalist and congressman
*
Djavan
Djavan Caetano Viana (; born 27 January 1949) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.
Early life and career
Djavan was born in Maceió, Brazil to a white father of Dutch descent and a black mother. He later formed the group Luz, Som, Dimensão (LSD ...
- singer and composer
*
João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe
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Kings
* ...
- former
Prime Minister of Brazil
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José Wilker
José Wilker Almeida (20 August 1944 – 5 April 2014) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actor and director. The actor gained fame in telenovelas like '' Roque Santeiro'' (1985), but became known internationally for his role as Vadinho, ...
- actor and director
*
Lobão - singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and writer
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Mariana Ximenes
Mariana Ximenes do Prado Nuzzi (born 26 April 1981) is a Brazilian actress. Her first role was in the telenovela ''Fascinação'' in 1998 where she portrayed the role of Emília Gouveia. In the same year she played the role of Ruth Stern in th ...
- actress
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Nelson Piquet Jr.
Nelson Angelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (born July 25, 1985), also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian stock car racing driver and former Formula One and Formula E driver where he was champion in the 2014–15 seaso ...
- racing driver
See also
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Dutch Brazil
Dutch Brazil ( nl, Nederlands-Brazilië), also known as New Holland ( nl, Nieuw-Holland), was a colony of the Dutch Republic in the northeastern portion of modern-day Brazil, controlled from 1630 to 1654 during Dutch colonization of the Americ ...
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Dutch people
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White Brazilians
White Brazilians ( pt, brasileiros brancos ) refers to Brazilians, Brazilian citizens who are considered or self-identify as "white", typically because of Ethnic groups in Europe, European or Levant, Levantine descent.
The main ancestry of curre ...
References
External links
Dutch Association of Rio de Janeiro
Dutch Society of São Paulo
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Brazil
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European Brazilian
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