celebrated in rio de janeiro since the early 20th century, the official day was not established until the 1930s and subsequently added to the official catholic calendar by the cardinal-archbishop of rio de janeiro in the late 1940s.

as with many other countries, flowers, chocolate, and candy are always good staple gifts and in brazil, mother's day is second only to christmas in commercialism.

every may, rio de Janeiro hosts the The annual World Capoeira Competition, welcoming seventeen participating countries from around the world.

The World Capoeira Federation, organizer of the event, has a number of key goals, including the creation of warm relations between national organizations, schools and groups, as well as to obtain capoeira's inclusion in the list of participating sports in the Olympic Games.