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Jesus
is big in Brazil.
In fact, the one they keep up on the top of Corcovado Mountain in Rio de
Janeiro, the monumental Christ o Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) stands 30 meters
tall and hovers 750 meters over the lively and sometimes decadent Copacabana
Beach.
People from nearby Sao Paulo, a harder working lot they tell me, say that the
statue of Jesus over Rio has his arms stretched all the way out and his hands
are all the way open so on weekday mornings he can clap his hands together to
wake up all the lazy Cariocas and get them off to work.
It’s said that people from Sao Paulo live to work and people from Rio work to
live.
“So be it,” admitted a friend of mine from Ipanema. “They don’t have
our beaches to distract them like we do -- -- -- and so now that my work is
finished for today, you must excuse me -- -- -- because Jesus' father just sent
me a revelation telling me it's time for a swim...
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