their afro-brazilian legacy is the neighborhood sambachool.,() anslator fothe black culture, the scolsart ofe ighborhood. represents the neighborhood, . the neighborod is not ; it has blacks, aicans, anvai-vai is aexession of at. ( samba-style drumming ) speaking portuguese ) translator: the city absorbed the different waves of immigras, but each group had troubleinteg, because it was so diverse. soach group created its owlittle world. you can't say the city s one identity today; eachroup ilt(iwild cheering.) narrator: although they bega arriving in 1908 eachroup japanese immigration to brazil accelerated llowing world war ii. the devastation suffered by japan sent a wave of immigrants looking for new opportunities outside their country. sao ulo was a popular destination. ttoday, sao paulooasts ighbthe largest pulation of japanese ople and their descendants outside of japan. but do people here consider tmselves to be az? translator: el more brazilian an japanese. eu também. anslator: me, too. interviewer: por que? translator: because i was born here, live here. i've never been to japan