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'''South America''' is a continent in the western hemisphere.
  
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*[[Argentina]]'s [[Quidditch]] [[Argentinian National Quidditch team|team]] made it to the quarter finals of the [[Quidditch World Cup]].
  
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*The [[Boa constrictor at the Zoo|snake]] [[Harry Potter]] freed from the [[zoo]] is native to [[Brazil]]. [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] had a [[Brazilian pen-friend|pen-pal]] from Brazil. Brazil's Quidditch team made it to the quarter finals of the Quidditch World Cup.
  
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*[[Peru]] is home to the [[Peruvian Vipertooth]]. The [[Tarapoto Tree-Skimmers]] are a quidditch team in Peru. Peru was flattened by Ireland. [[Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder]] was invented by the wizarding community in Peru.
  
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*The [[dugbog]] is native to South America.
  
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*[[Valentina Vázquez]]
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*[[William Weasley's Brazilian pen-friend]]<ref name="GOF7">{{GOF|B|7}}</ref>
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*[[Castelobruxo]]<ref name="PM-castelobruxo"/>
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'''South America''' is a continent in the western hemisphere. The known wizarding nations that comprised it were [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], Chile, [[Peru]], and Venezuela.
   
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==Magical community==
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The [[Amazon rainforest]] along with the Brazilian municipalities of [[Caxambu]], [[Manaus]] and [[Teresina]] and the Peruvian town of [[Tarapoto]] were the known locations that house the South American wizarding community.<ref name="QTA8">{{QTA|R|8}}</ref>
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Although mostly uninhabited, the [[Patagonian Desert]] received a large amount of people from the international [[Wizarding world|wizarding community]] in [[2014]], due to the [[2014 Quidditch World Cup|427th Quidditch World Cup]] that was based there.<ref name="PM-QWC-2014">{{PM}} - [[Quidditch World Cup 1990 - 2014]] (Archived)</ref>
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==Magical government==
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The known magical governing bodies in the continent were the [[Brazilian Ministry of Magic]] and the [[Argentinian Council of Magic]], with the [[Wizardkind|witch]] [[Valentina Vázquez]] as its [[President of the Council of Magic|President]] in [[2014]].
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==Magical education==
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[[Castelobruxo]], one of the [[Wizarding school#Known wizarding schools|eleven wizarding schools]], was located amid the [[Amazon rainforest]] in northern [[Brazil]]. It took students from all over the continent.<ref name="PM-castelobruxo">{{WW|castelobruxo}}</ref>
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==Magical games and sports==
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*The [[Argentinian National Quidditch team]] had reached the quarter-finals of the Quidditch World Cup at least once in the 20th century.
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**In [[1877]], half of the team were found tied up in the basement of a bar in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]], after the [[1877 Quidditch World Cup|"Tournament that Nobody Remembers"]].<ref name="PM-QWC">{{WW|history-of-the-quidditch-world-cup}}</ref>
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*The [[Brazilian National Quidditch team]] had won five [[Quidditch World Cup]]s<ref name="Pottermore">{{PM}} - [[PLACE YOUR BETS WITH LUDO BAGMAN]] (Archived)</ref> and was the runner-up in the [[2014 Quidditch World Cup]].
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**The team was also a finalist in the [[1982 Quidditch World Cup]].<ref name="PM-QWC-1990-2014">{{PM}} - [[Quidditch World Cup 1990 - 2014]] (Archived)</ref>
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*The [[Peruvian National Quidditch team]] was considered to be the best team from South America.<ref name="QTA8"/><ref name="GOF5">{{GOF|B|5}}</ref>
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**Also the [[Tarapoto Tree-Skimmers]] were the most famous Peruvian Quidditch team.<ref name="QTA8"/>
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==Magical creatures==
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*[[Amazonian Salamander]]<ref name="POAG">{{POA|G}} {{C|GBA version}}</ref>
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*[[Caipora]]<ref name="PM-castelobruxo"/>
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*[[Crazed Capybara]] {{C|possibly}}<ref name="TCG">{{TCG}}</ref>
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*[[Curupira]]<ref name="PM">{{PM}} - [[DISASTROUS OPENING CEREMONY LEADS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP SECURITY]] (Archived)</ref>
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*[[Dugbog]]<ref name="FBR"/>
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*[[Fire slug]]<ref name="WOTC">''[[Wizards of the Coast]]''</ref>
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*[[Nogtail]]<ref name="FBR"/>
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*[[Peruvian Salamander]]<ref name="POAG"/>
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*[[Peruvian Vipertooth]]<ref name="FBR">{{FB|R}}</ref>
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==Magical history==
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*Castelobruxo was implied to be as old as [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], that is, over a thousand years.<ref name="PM-castelobruxo"/>
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*In [[1993]], the yearly [[International Warlock Convention]] was held in Brazil.
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*In [[2014]], the 427th Quidditch World Cup was based in the Patagonian Desert, Argentina.
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*[[Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder]] was invented by the wizarding community in Peru.<ref name="HBP6">{{HBP|B|6}}</ref>
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**Also the [[Caxambu Style Borborygmus Potion]] was developed in Caxambu, Brazil.<ref name="LG">[http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/album/168 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film props picture] on [http://gallery.the-leaky-cauldron.org/default The Leaky Galleries]</ref>
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*The [[Dragon Pox]] was a potentially fatal disease related to the Peruvian Vipertooth.<ref name="PM-illness">{{WW|illness-and-disability}}</ref> It was possibly originated in South America, as the said dragon was native to the continent.
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==Behind the scenes==
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*The wand was a European invention, and some cultures traditionally did not rely upon wands for performing magic. So It is possible that Salazar Slytherin introduced the wand to South America, as he likely travelled there to acquire the Snakewood for his wand, which is a native species of tree from Coastal regions of northeast South America.
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*Very little is known about South American wandlore. Though it is possible Snakewood and Dragon Heartstring from the Peruvian Vipertooth are substances used.
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South America is a continent in the western hemisphere. The known wizarding nations that comprised it were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Venezuela.

Magical community

The Amazon rainforest along with the Brazilian municipalities of Caxambu, Manaus and Teresina and the Peruvian town of Tarapoto were the known locations that house the South American wizarding community.[3]

Although mostly uninhabited, the Patagonian Desert received a large amount of people from the international wizarding community in 2014, due to the 427th Quidditch World Cup that was based there.[4]

Magical government

The known magical governing bodies in the continent were the Brazilian Ministry of Magic and the Argentinian Council of Magic, with the witch Valentina Vázquez as its President in 2014.

Magical education

Castelobruxo, one of the eleven wizarding schools, was located amid the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil. It took students from all over the continent.[2]

Magical games and sports

Magical creatures

Magical history

Behind the scenes

  • The wand was a European invention, and some cultures traditionally did not rely upon wands for performing magic. So It is possible that Salazar Slytherin introduced the wand to South America, as he likely travelled there to acquire the Snakewood for his wand, which is a native species of tree from Coastal regions of northeast South America.
  • Very little is known about South American wandlore. Though it is possible Snakewood and Dragon Heartstring from the Peruvian Vipertooth are substances used.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 7 (Bagman and Crouch)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Castelobruxo" at Wizarding World
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 8 (The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide)
  4. ↑ Pottermore - Quidditch World Cup 1990 - 2014 (Archived)
  5. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "History of the Quidditch World Cup" at Wizarding World
  6. ↑ Pottermore - PLACE YOUR BETS WITH LUDO BAGMAN (Archived)
  7. ↑ Pottermore - Quidditch World Cup 1990 - 2014 (Archived)
  8. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 5 (Weasley's Wizard Wheezes)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (GBA version)
  10. ↑ Harry Potter Trading Card Game
  11. ↑ Pottermore - DISASTROUS OPENING CEREMONY LEADS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT QUIDDITCH WORLD CUP SECURITY (Archived)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  13. ↑ Wizards of the Coast
  14. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 6 (Draco's Detour)
  15. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film props picture on The Leaky Galleries
  16. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Illness and Disability" at Wizarding World
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