Parreira, who brought a squad of 29 to the Brazil team's Teresopolis training centre, said South Africa would play a series of friendlies against club sides to warm up for the World Cup and become imbued with the Brazilian game.
"The idea of bringing them here is because this is the cradle of world football," former Brazil coach Parreira, who steered his country to the fourth of their five world crowns in 1994, said.
"Great world champion players with the Brazilian national team have trained here. I want that to act as an inspiration for our players," he told a news conference.
"South African football doesn't have an image, it has several identities, there are trainers from various parts of the world," he said.
"Our (Brazilian) great quality is to put the ball on the ground, so there is nothing better than to play in Brazil, against Brazilian teams, so (South African players) get that feeling of the ball on the ground.
"That is the style that adapts best to their game."
"There's a huge pressure, the fans think with their hearts. They want their team to reach the semi-finals, the final, they don't want to know if the team is okay in the FIFA ranking, what they want are results," Parreira said.
