Brazil is a nation shaped by encounters and clashes between Indigenous peoples, enslaved Africans, European colonizers, and waves of immigrants. These crossings didn’t erase identities, but generated something entirely new, always in tension and reinvention. That’s why so many cultures and ways coexist so naturally. In Brazil, affection is not just an emotion, it’s a strategy. It’s through emotional networks that people build trust, negotiate life, and create solidarity in the face of inequality.