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¨Where is the Samba band?¨
Xela

March 15th 2007
Xela There was no large Mardi Gras like in pre-Lent Brazil but in the evenings there were lots of religious happenings. Also, the university students at this time of year tend to dress up in black K.K.K. type get-ups to extort money from businesses for helping sponsor education programs (I suspect in the form of ideas at the local bar). Xela was comfortable in that after awhil ... read more
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