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Brazilian lady in costume at the Vancouver St. Patrick's Day Parade

Brazilian lady in costume at the Vancouver St. Patrick's Day Parade

tags: Brazilian women, St. Patrick's Day Parade, Vancouver | comment
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Submitted by La Mariposa on Sun 2006-09-03 20:51 #

Just curious...why is this one a Brasilian lady and the Asian lady in the same costume and Asian lady in a Brasilian costume? In other words, why isn`t this woman, say, a European woman in a Brasilian costume?

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Mon 2006-09-04 14:17 #

That's a good question, and I did make the assumption that she was Brazilian based on her skin colour, even though I know well enough that both Brazilians come in different skin colours as do Europeans. It could be that the Asian girl in a Brazilian costume is herself Brazilian: there are, of course, 1.3 - 1.5 million Brazilians of Japanese descent living in Brazil, and I have seen some students here in Vancouver with Asian features speaking Portuguese. Then again, she could have been Canadian who just happened to speak Portuguese. All are possible because I didn't talk to any of the people mentioned above.

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Submitted by sillygwailo on Mon 2008-03-17 09:28 #

The Raincoaster used this photo to adorn an article about St. Patrick's Day jokes.

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Submitted by Beijafl0r on Wed 2009-09-09 19:06 #

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How could I resist? I had a

raincoaster — Mon, 2008-03-17 18:24

How could I resist? I had a point to make about drag queens and Irish priests on St Patrick's day: it's perfect!

BTW, I think I know who that woman is. She runs a Samba school here in Vancouver and performs around town. She's not actually Asian, just Brazilian. Is this not her?
Lucia Azevedo, Queen of Samba

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It may very well be her.

Raul — Tue, 2008-03-18 00:12

It may very well be her.

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raincoaster: In the Flickr

Richard — Tue, 2008-03-18 10:17

raincoaster: In the Flickr photo's comments, La Mariposa is referring to the photo of the Asian Girl in Brazilian costume at the St. Patrick's Day parade in 2005.

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