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Akόua kι av έxete akoύσeι πoλύ λίYa πpάYuata Yιa tn BpaZιλίa, ίσwς YvwpίZete to πoδόσφaιpo eίvaι έva ueYάλo πpάYua eδώ. Όvtwς, Yιa ueYάλo xpovιkό διάσtnua n BpaZιλίa ήtav Yvwσtή kupίwς Yιa to πoδόσφaιpo, Carnaval tnς (έkδoσn tou Mardi Gras), its beautiful women and, ίσwς, its forests. Auσtuxώς, considering that Brazil is a huge and extremely diverse country in so many senses, that is a very limited view of the country. Ωσtόσo, as we are a few days away of the World Cup, today I want to speak about soccer. The World Cup is something that has always brought about an overall sense of excitement, regardless of whether one is or not a soccer lover. It is the time people bring out their flags and most everyone shows a tad of patriotism. Of all of the World Cups I have witnessed in my lifetime, three come to mind. The first is also the first World Cup I remember, held in Mexico, σe 1986. I lived in a small town in northeastern Brazil, and I recall being enthralled by the big, spontaneous party in the streets after Brazil won one of the games. There were firecrackers and people parading and dancing in the town plaza. Others drove up and down the cobblestone streets honking their horns, the vehicles full of people half out of the windows or even on top of the cars, shouting “Brazil, BpaZιλίa!", while waving their flags. Auσtuxώς, Brazil did not win that cup, and the heavy silence that followed was a big contrast to that party, even to myself, who barely knew about soccer then and didn’t really understand what was going on. Fast forward to the 1990s. 1994 was a big mark, φuσιkά, because Brazil won the cup for the fourth time. I was a teenager and much of the excitement was because so-and-so players were cute. The mother of a friend got a couple of autographs of the team captain for me and a friend of mine, which I still have. The upside was that I was visiting family in the United States, where we watched the games together and where the cup was actually happening (although I didn’t go to any games live). Aφ 'etέpou, I remember being somewhat bummed because I was still travelling when the players returned to Brazil and paraded in one of the main streets of my city to commemorate the victory. Kaι, φuσιkά, there was a big party that I missed. The third cup that I recall with fondness happened in 2006. One of my best childhood friends, who is from India and presently lives in Singapore, came over to visit, and we watched some games together. The World Cup always brings special memories of our friendship as she was a soccer enthusiast (she’s the friend who got the other autograph!), and we always saw the games together as teenagers. Auσtuxώς, that cup in 2006 was the last time we saw each other in person. Φέtoς, the World Cup will be in Brazil. Όvtwς, one of the games will be in a town neighboring mine. When one of the World Moms Blog editors suggested I write a post about the pre-cup climate here in Brazil it made me realize two things: 1) how detached I have been from this whole World Cup thing lately and how little excitement anticipation of the games have brought me this time 2) a sense that I might not be the only one feeling this way. The last time the World Cup was held in Brazil was in 1970. Had a World Cup occurred here during my adolescent years, it would have been a big happening for my friends and I! Akόun ,tώpa, we have three kids, a demanding job and very little spare time; and what I really have been looking forward to are the days I will have off because of the games and how much overdue work I will get done while others watch the games. Naί, in case you don’t know, everything stops here during the games that involve Brazil – stores close, companies send their employees home early or TVs get turned on in the companies themselves, kaι oύtw kaθeEής. Basically everyone stops to watch the game, no matter what day of the week. That takes me to the second point. Όπwς eίπa, I have been a little detached from this whole World Cup reality, so I don’t know how accurate the following words will be, but the feeling I get is that the excitement is not as big as it would have been a few years ago, and it probably is a good sign. When it was first decided that the cup would be here in 2014, there truly was a sense of excitement, not only for the championship itself, but because of possible job, business opportunities and the like. Akόun, the years went by and people witnessed millions (billions?) spent on stadiums and other cup-related costs, while so many other essential areas need investment, notably education and health care. To illustrate, here is a joke that has been going around these days. The parents take their newborn baby to the notary to get his birth certificate. When the notary asks what they are going to name the baby, the mother says: “World Cup Stadium – that way the government will surely invest in him!” As I said, I don’t know how accurate this perception of lesser excitement is, or if I am an anomaly, but if it is true, I take it as a good sign. It means that the population is maturing and that at least part of it won’t fall for the bread and circus trick any longer. Not that the World Cup, soccer or any kind of entertaining is bad in itself – but, as a country, there must be priorities. Are you a Brazilian mother? Av vaι, do you share the same sentiment? Kaι, for all the World Moms out there, who will you be supporting in the games? This is an original post to World Moms Blog by EcoZiva in Brazil.
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Fiú má chuala tú an-beag faoi Bhrasaíl, tá a fhios agat is dócha go bhfuil sacair an rud mór anseo. Go deimhin, ar feadh i bhfad bhí aithne Bhrasaíl den chuid is mó le haghaidh a sacair, a Carnaval (ina leagan an Mardi Gras), a mná áille agus, b'fhéidir, chuid foraoisí. Ar an drochuair, glacadh leis go bhfuil an Bhrasaíl tír ollmhór agus thar a bheith éagsúil i oiread sin céadfaí, go bhfuil dearcadh an-teoranta de na tíre. Mar sin féin, mar go bhfuil muid cúpla lá ar shiúl ar an Corn an Domhain, lá atá inniu ann Ba mhaith liom a labhairt faoi sacair. Is é an Corn Domhanda rud éigin go bhfuil a tugadh i gcónaí faoi tuiscint iomlán de excitement, beag beann ar cibé an bhfuil ceann amháin nó nach lover sacair. Is é an t-am daoine a thabhairt amach a gcuid bratacha agus léiríonn gach duine is mó tad de tírghrá. As gach ceann de na Cups Domhanda domsa ar mo shaol, trí a thagann chun cuimhne. Is é an chéad an chéad Corn an Domhain cuimhin liom, a tionóladh i Meicsiceo, i 1986. Cónaí orm i mbaile beag i northeastern Bhrasaíl, agus cuimhin liom bheith enthralled ag an mór, páirtí spontáineach ar na sráideanna tar éis an Bhrasaíl bhuaigh ar cheann de na cluichí. Bhí firecrackers agus daoine parading agus damhsa ar an Plaza bhaile. Daoine eile a thiomáin suas agus síos na sráideanna cobblestone honking n-adharca, na feithiclí iomlána na daoine leath amach as na fuinneoga nó fiú ar bharr na gluaisteáin, shouting "An Bhrasaíl, An Bhrasaíl!", cé go waving a bratacha. Ar an drochuair, Ní raibh an Bhrasaíl bhuaigh an cupán, agus ba é an ciúnas trom a lean i gcodarsnacht mhór leis an bpáirtí, fiú go féin, bhí a fhios barely faoi sacar ansin agus ní raibh a thuiscint i ndáiríre cad a bhí ar siúl. Fast ar aghaidh go dtí na 1990í. 1994 Ba marc mór, ar ndóigh, mar gheall ar bhuaigh Bhrasaíl an cupán de thuras na ceathrú. Bhí mé i mo dhéagóir agus i bhfad ar an excitement a bhí mar gheall go raibh imreoirí sin-agus-sin gleoite. Fuair an mháthair de cara cúpla autographs ar an captaen fhoireann dom agus cara de mo, a bhfuil mé fós. Ba é an bun os cionn go raibh mé ag tabhairt cuairte ar an teaghlaigh sna Stáit Aontaithe, nuair a faire againn na cluichí le chéile agus nuair a bhí an cupán ag tarlú i ndáiríre (cé nach raibh mé ag dul go dtí aon cluichí beo). Ar an láimh eile,, Is cuimhin liom a bheith beagán bummed toisc go raibh mé ag taisteal go fóill nuair a d'fhill na páirtithe chun an Bhrasaíl agus paraded i gceann de na sráideanna is mó de mo chathair chun comóradh a dhéanamh ar an bua. Agus, ar ndóigh, bhí ina pháirtí mór gur chaill mé. An tríú cupán go cuimhin liom caillte le gean a tharla i 2006. Ceann de mo chairde óige is fearr, atá as an India agus faoi láthair cónaí air i Singeapór, Tháinig os cionn chun cuairt a thabhairt, agus choimhéad muid roinnt cluichí le chéile. An Corn an Domhain Tugann i gcónaí cuimhní speisialta ar ár cairdeas mar go raibh sí le stáisiún sacair (tá sí an cara a fuair an autograph eile!), agus chonaic muid i gcónaí ar na cluichí le chéile mar dhéagóirí. Ar an drochuair, cupán i 2006 bhí an uair dheireanach a chonaic muid le chéile go pearsanta. I mbliana, Beidh an Corn an Domhain a bheith sa Bhrasaíl. Go deimhin, beidh ar cheann de na cluichí a bheith i mianach an bhaile in aice láimhe. Nuair a mhol ceann de na Moms Domhain Blag eagarthóirí a scríobh mé post mar gheall ar an aeráid réamh-cupán anseo sa Bhrasaíl rinne sé dom a bhaint amach dhá rud: 1) conas scoite tá mé as seo ar fad rud Corn an Domhain le déanaí agus conas beag oirchill excitement de na cluichí a thug dom an t-am 2) tuiscint go mb'fhéidir nach mbeadh mé an ceann amháin mothú an mbealach seo. An uair dheireanach a bhí an Corn Domhanda a tionóladh sa Bhrasaíl a bhí i 1970. Dá mbeadh Corn an Domhain tharla anseo le linn mo blianta ógánta, Bheadh sé a bheith ina tarlú mhór do mo chairde agus mé! Ach ,anois, ní mór dúinn trí na páistí, post dúshlánach agus am spártha beag; agus cad tá mé i ndáiríre ag súil go mór go bhfuil an lá beidh mé amach mar gheall ar na cluichí agus cé mhéad obair thar téarma Beidh mé a fháil déanta agus daoine eile a féachaint ar na cluichí. Tá, Ní i gcás nach bhfuil a fhios agat, gach rud a stopann anseo le linn na cluichí a mbíonn baint ag an Bhrasaíl - siopaí gar, cuideachtaí a sheoladh a gcuid fostaithe sa bhaile go luath nó teilifíseáin a fháil iompú ar sna cuideachtaí féin, agus mar sin de. Stadanna Go bunúsach gach duine chun féachaint ar an gcluiche, is cuma cén lá den tseachtain. Sin Bíonn mé go dtí an dara pointe. Mar a dúirt mé, Bhí mé ag scoite beagán as seo ar fad Corn an Domhain réaltacht, mar sin níl a fhios agam cé chomh cruinn go mbeidh na focail seo a leanas a, ach tá an mothú da bhfaigheadsa nach bhfuil an excitement chomh mór mar a bheadh sé a bheith ina cúpla bliain ó shin, agus tá sé dócha go bhfuil comhartha maith. Nuair a bhí sé cinneadh ar dtús go mbeadh an cupán a bheith anseo i 2014, bhí fíor tuiscint de excitement, ní amháin do na craobhchomórtais féin, ach mar gheall ar post féideartha, deiseanna gnó agus a leithéidí. Ach, Chuaigh na bliana ag daoine chonaic na milliúin (billiúin?) caitheadh ar stadiums agus costais eile a bhaineann le cupán-, agus teastaíonn ó sin go leor réimsí riachtanacha eile infheistíochta, go háirithe oideachas agus cúram sláinte. Chun a léiriú, anseo a joke atá ag dul timpeall na laethanta. Tógfaidh na tuismitheoirí a leanbh nuabheirthe ar an nótaire a fháil ar a theastas breithe. Nuair a iarrann an nótaire a bhfuil siad ag dul a ainm ar an leanbh, a deir an mháthair: "Corn an Domhain Staidiam - an mbealach sin beidh an rialtas infheistíocht a dhéanamh surely i dó!"Mar a dúirt mé, Níl a fhios agam cé chomh cruinn is é seo an dearcadh de spleodar lú, nó má tá mé aimhrialtacht, ach má tá sé fíor, Glacaim leis mar chomhartha dea-. Ciallaíonn sé go bhfuil an daonra ag aibiú agus nach mbeidh ar a laghad cuid de sé ag teacht ar an arán agus sorcais cleas ar bith níos faide. Nach bhfuil an Corn an Domhain, Tá sacar nó de chineál ar siamsaíocht dona ann féin - ach, mar thír, ní mór go mbeadh tosaíochtaí. An bhfuil tú ag máthair Brasaíle? Más amhlaidh, bhfuil tú ag roinnt an meon céanna? Agus, do na Moms Domhanda amach ann, a bheidh tú a bheith ag tacú sna cluichí? Is é seo an bpost bunaidh a Moms Domhanda Blag ag EcoZiva sa Bhrasaíl.