"Brazil has many ethnic groups, and this is a melting pot of nations, but the melting pot must also have a melting core, and we, the Portuguese nation, must be that core."
In later generations, Brazil was known as a melting pot of nationalities. The country's national cohesion was not bad, but its racial characteristics were too weak and its enthusiasm was not strong.
Throughout Latin America, Brazil's nation-building power is good, but perhaps because it is in Latin America and has been infected by the loose atmosphere here, Brazil's national identity is really not very good.
What Tang Ning has to do is to quickly shape Brazil’s excellent national characteristics while there is still time.
"Brazilian literary creation can be based mainly on Portugal, and the excellent characteristics of other countries and nations can also be inclusive.
In addition to India and Germany, some of the best features of other countries such as Britain, the East, Japan, Italy, Slavs, Greece, and the Incas can be absorbed."
In the final analysis, Tang Ning's request is to use Portugal as the core of the flame and other ethnic groups as the outer flame, so as to ignite the national melting pot.
"You are the Minister of Culture, and literature is the mother of culture. It is right to promote it.
But culture is not just literature, it also includes society, religion, politics, history, painting, food, music, dance, architecture, etc.
You don’t have to deal with these three aspects: society, religion, and politics, but your Ministry of Culture must actively participate in the other aspects.”
"Your Majesty, I turned out to be a poet. I know a lot about music and literature, but I don't know much about other aspects."
His Majesty the King has given him too many tasks, but he does not understand many of them, which makes it difficult for Minister of Culture Silva to do it.
However, Silva also knew that His Majesty Pedro III had talked to him so much that he should have a general outline of how to shape Brazilian culture.
Silva, respectfully said to His Majesty the King: "I would like to ask your beloved Majesty to guide me and the Ministry of Culture on what we should do in other aspects."
"I don't understand, no problem. You are also newbies, you can learn more, ask more questions, and think more for yourself.
The shaping of culture is closely related to education and the promotion of information and public opinion. Your cultural department must cooperate well with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Information and Communication, and may also include the Ministry of Sports.
There are many departments in the cabinet. If you can promote and embody the spirit of Brazilian culture, you can contact them."
There are so many departments in Brazil, and Tang Ning does not exclude exchanges between departments. He does not exclude exchanges between officials and departments like the traditional emperor.
What era is it now? You can still do that, but you still prevent your subordinates from communicating.
Brazil is divided into two systems, the administrative officer and the administrative officer. The administrative officer is the civil service system, which is personally supervised and led by the king. The civil servants headed by the administrative officer and minister are responsible to the king, rather than the administrative officer and the prime minister's lackey.
In addition to the Minister of Affairs (civilian) and the Minister of Justice, other ministers who are administrative officers.
Although the appointment is given to the elected Prime Minister of the party, Tang Ning also stipulated that the candidate must pass the character and ability review before the king can approve the appointment. For these people, various methods can be used to block some positions and be removed.
The king can review the nominated personnel based on various reasons such as morality, taxation, ability, etc., and directly reject those who are unqualified.
Everything is under the legal system of regulations. Tangning has taken precautions in some aspects. The civil service system of civil servants does not have a direct relationship with the political affairs officer headed by the Prime Minister. The military and intelligence systems are not under the direct jurisdiction of the Prime Minister. What is there to fear?
If you can finish all this, then you can’t blame others.
"Your Ministry of Culture has a lot to do, so let me give you a brief reminder.
The shaping of historical identity is very simple. You can just ask the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Information and Communication to cooperate.
In other aspects, music, dance, food, painting, and architecture, which are the most emblematic and intuitive forms of cultural expression, must have Brazilian characteristics.
For example, in music, we must be inclusive. We Portuguese people have absorbed a lot of music, and there is no obstacle to absorbing it now.
Fado is our national treasure. To establish its supreme status, this status cannot be shaken. Other music can be used, but it must be inferior to it.
Western classical music, Eastern classical music, Inca classical music, these types of classical music must be higher than the modern music that is gradually becoming more popular.
No matter how popular modern music is, its development can be promoted, but they should not be allowed to enter some palace-level places. Their status must be lower than that of classical music. Some music with black elements must be excluded and suppressed. Brazil cannot have
Their place of survival.
Dance, which can very much embody the national culture of a country, must be corrected for the wild dance. What about tango, samba, those movements that constantly twist the hips, will you die if you don’t twist one part too much?
I have restricted and corrected all of these. I don’t want them to appear again during the carnival, showing too much temptation and showing debauched movements and dance behaviors.
Your Ministry of Culture, find me dancers with excellent character and quality to redesign, establish an official dance association, and shape various dance standards in Brazil.
In terms of food, it is best for us in Brazil to form our own cuisine. We can absorb other cuisines based on Portuguese cuisine to form Brazil’s special cuisine.
Our Portuguese cuisine has originally absorbed the characteristics of Roman cuisine and Middle Eastern cuisine. We like to use olive oil, garlic, herbs, tomatoes and sea salt for seasoning, as well as spices. We have a wide range of ingredients, including pork, chicken, beef, seafood, rice, etc.
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Portuguese cuisine has a foundation of compatibility. There are so many ethnic groups in our country, and they have brought their own local cuisines, which can be absorbed and adapted for our use.
I don’t know much about art and painting, but one thing is that the Ministry of Culture established a special art department to absorb the West, the East, and even the Incas to form our Brazilian art school.
When it comes to art and painting, don’t make a mess of things. Don’t push those paintings that are unclear in expression and have to force the meaning of the name. If the general public can’t understand it, don’t push it.
There are many types of paintings, such as many abstract paintings. Can you tell what the meaning is? Some are just painters who are sentimental, mischievous, and messy paintings. Others cannot understand them, and they forcefully assign meaning to them.
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I still prefer classicism. They are the beauty that the public can understand. Brazilian art should be based on them and not distort the public's aesthetics.
Regarding architecture, I don’t require that much, as long as the architecture is good enough. Brazil should establish a specialized architecture society.
Don't engage in any school discrimination. We should mainly focus on our Portuguese Manueline style. Use other styles of Gothic, Rococo, Baroque, and Oriental gardens that can create beauty.
I hope that our Brazilian Architectural Society will take on this responsibility for the palace that will be built in Brasilia, the second capital in the future. The palace built can reflect our Brazilian style. I don’t want the French, British, or Germans to build it.
Design."
It is crucial to form common ground in all areas of Brazilian culture, and those that are not unified and complicated must be restricted.
"In fact, the shaping of culture is simple, but not simple either.
In these cultural fields, just like the Brazilian Literary Society established before, various societies and associations must be established to establish a good standard and then promote it.
We officials must have a standard and use it as a basis to form a system. Only if we do it well can we form the cultural identity of the public. In this way, won’t our own Brazilian culture be born?”
Cultural identity, to a large extent, doesn’t it start with a consensus standard?
"The biggest task of the societies and associations established by your cultural department is to find a good standard in various fields, and use this as a basis to produce a cultural style recognized by the public.
If the cultural department does a good job in these aspects, we Brazilian citizens will naturally develop a cultural identity, and they will also be proud of our Brazilian culture."
Of course, culture cannot be shaped in a day or two. However, America does not have a strong culture to begin with, and Brazil now has time to cultivate it.
Tangning gave Silva serious instructions.
"Silver, there is no need to rush to determine our Brazilian cultural standards and form public awareness. You can take your time. I will be satisfied if it takes a generation to form a prototype."
This chapter has been completed!