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Article: Brazilians cite Halloween as Western cultural imperialism.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- November 2, 2006
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Byline: Colin McMahon
RIO DE JANEIRO _ Around a corner from Rio de Janeiro's St. John the Baptist cemetery, where Brazilians solemnly gathered Thursday to mark the Day of the Dead, comes a different kind of message about holidays and death.
"To hell with Halloween," reads a sign plastered to a wall underneath a giant beer billboard. "Long live our national culture."
The message, which is actually saltier than translated here, is clear, except to the millions of Brazilians who probably have never heard of Halloween.
But just to bring home the point, the word "Halloween" is underlined with the red, white and blue of the United States. ...