Everywhere we go in Brasil, we are an unusual species since Indian tourists are few and far between here. The typical international tourist here is European/US American*.
However, due to the unbridled success of the soap opera (Caminho das Índias) based on Indians that aired until a few months ago, everyone welcomes us with open arms and treats us like celebrities. We are loving it! We intend to watch a few episodes on Youtube when we get back home.
*We are in the midst of reading Open Veins of Latin America, by Eduardo Galeano and have been sensitized to not calling US Americans Americans, since Latin Americans also have a claim to that name.
Oh dear!
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;-)
It even gets better:
ReplyDelete"Bahuan is the son of two servants, also untouchables, who were burned at the stake for accidentally touching their master while he bathed."
Best telenovella in the 2009 Emmy International!
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