Brazil has changed a lot from its beginnings to here. This in the cultural, social and also legal aspects. Especially because the legislation is constantly revised and, from time to time, something ceases to be a crime – or has an attenuated penalty. Which is just as well because you won't believe certain strange and absurd laws that are already in effect here.
Some prohibitions are totally inconceivable for the way we live today. And others are just “crazy”, without any apparent meaning.
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Forbidden to wear miniskirts
You will be amazed by the end of this paragraph. The mayor of Aparecida, José Luiz Rodrigues, banned all women from wearing miniskirts in the city. This, of course, went down very badly and led to a wave of protests in the municipality, with several young women wearing the
clothingfrequently.Now comes the shock: the law is not from 1960, but from 2007!
Prohibited the sale of condoms and contraceptives
Bocaiúva do Sul, in Paraná, had a very low birth rate and only 9,000 inhabitants in 1997. Therefore, the mayor at the time decided to take a rather drastic measure to resolve the situation and increase the number of babies in the municipality: prohibiting the sale of condoms and birth control pills.
Of course, this caused quite an uproar in the city and the law was repealed within 24 hours of its announcement.
Creation of an airport for extraterrestrials
In 1995, Barra do Garças (MT) approved a law for the construction of an airport from another planet. Literally.
The idea was to make a landing site for aliens. It is obvious that this piece of shit did not get off the ground – without wanting to offend any ET who, by chance, is reading this text.
forbidden to eat watermelon
okay that watermelon isn't it the most delicious fruit that exists in Brazil, but banning it? In 1984, the city of Rio Claro, in the interior of São Paulo, did just that. They believed that the fruit would be a transmission vector for some diseases such as yellow fever and typhus – which is nothing more than a lie.
Forbidden to have an anthill at home
Also in Rio Claro, in 1965, it was forbidden to have anthills at home. And there was a fine, okay? If any city inspector caught an anthill in the backyard, he could impose a fine of 2.5% of the minimum wage at the time on the property resident.
The reason for all this? Nobody knows. Maybe it was a case of formicophobia, an irrational fear of ants. Bizarre, isn't it?
Graduated in Social Communication at the Federal University of Goiás. Passionate about digital media, pop culture, technology, politics and psychoanalysis.