rio is a highly diverse and eclectic city, constantly in flux as its population develops, shifts and expands - cariocas have a great response to new ideas and cultures, always inquisitive, eager to learn, and ready to adapt their ways to incorporate the new.

this can be seen in the way that traditional music and religion has adapted to integrate many african influences, as well as highly innovative and experimental features and movements.

the culturally diverse and imaginative restaurants that line the streets of the city are another excellent example of cariocas embracive creativity, and have become very fashionable in recent decades - japanese food arrived with the large influx of japanese immigrants in the early 20th century and his since become a very trendy culinary option amongst cariocas.