on this day, many celebratory events take place across rio de janeiro, and in most if not all cultural and community centers in rio's favelas.

november 5th is culture and science day and it is dedicated to the birth of brazilian statesman, jurist, essayist, and civil liberties leader rui barbosa de oliveira.

one of the most brilliant minds of his time, Ruy Barbosa was a lawyer, a politician, a diplomat, a writer, a philologist, a translator and a speaker.

notably, he was one of the organizers of the Republic, and co-author of the constitution of the First Republic with Prudente de Morais - Ruy Barbosa also Stood out as a journalist and lawyer, and acted in defense of federalism, of abolitionism and the promotion of individual rights and guarantees.