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| Us two :) |
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| I LOVE this picture of Michelle. Look at those legs! That's what spin does to you lol. |
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| I was probably the only Hula girl in the room |
Over a month back my lovely friend Michelle and I attended a Brazilian Carnaval event in Austin at {insert convention center... I totally forgot the name}. It was by far one of the most unique and quite entertaining experiences I've had. I've also been meaning to post up the pictures that we took for some time, however the past month has been quite busy, I never could find time to event blog effectively -- nor have I blogged about makeup samples I've received recently (but that's for another day).
Anyway, excuses aside, the pictures are here in the post and are very present. There are a few things about this event that I need to perhaps forewarn you about. Usually this is celebrated in Brazil the days preceding the Lent season in the Catholic tradition. In a way, it's similar to Mardi Gras in that it's a parade, but without the extreme raunchiness. It's more of samba performance led by a samba school and in some parts of Brazil audience can interact. I love Brazilian music and Latin dancing (including samba) growing up, so when Michelle asked me to attend, I couldn't help but say yes. Additionally, you attend this event preferably in the traditional carnaval attire, but many people we saw just appeared in any costume. It was quite reminiscent of a cosplay or comic-con type event.
Other noteworthy takes:
1. Culture has it that in Carnaval, the least amount of clothing you have, the better. But in comparison to Mardi Gras, I've heard it's classier overall. No intermittent chest exploitations were observed, however there were those who were body painted...
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| She had by far one of the most raunchiest outfits that night... but I figure it was more her body that scared me than anything else lol. Again, look at Michelle's legs! |
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| Her outfit was daring but needless to say the detailing was beautiful |
2. Going to this event in Austin says so much already. Austin really is weird. Michelle acquired a girl crush and was asked out twice. However the people in general were awesome and it was nice to see many different age groups.
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| This is so cute! Seriously how do people come up with these ideas and how do they make them??? |
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| People also were painted all over. Painted faces mostly, but painted bodies were quite common as well. |
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| We saw so many couples with matching outfits! |
3. We saved our money and didn't even drink. But we did eat a pizza -- not to mention that one piece of pizza was totally over priced!!
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| Austin Samba School. I think what I liked most about Carnval was the celebration of being yourself with your body. Not every one had that skinny Victoria's secret-esque body, but people went ahead performed anyway. |
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| She was one of the main samba dancers. Awesome outfit. |
4. So many folks wanted to take pictures of us, and we wanted to take pictures as well of other people. I think this part was actually the most fun of the night. The costumes that people come up with, I swear!
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| When I said people wanted to take pictures of us, I wasn't joking. This random white guy wanted to take one with Michelle. His costume was... well... |
What did I tell you... different experience right?? Anyway it was good fun, the people were very nice. Until my next post!
Love,
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