Mixed Race Day, June 27, is a reference in Brazil to the twenty-seven mixed race ("mestiço", in Portuguese) representatives elected during the 1st Conference for the Promotion of Racial Equality,[1] which occurred in the City of Manaus, State of Amazon, Brazil, from April 7 to 9, 2005, and also to the month of June, in which a mixed race woman, after systematic opposition from anti-multiracial groups, was registered as the only mixed race representative in the 1st National Conference for the Promotion of Racial Equality, which occurred in Brasília, from June 30 to July 2, 2005, promoted by the Government of Brazil. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Mestizo is a Spanish term that was coined during the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry in Latin Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Manaus is a largest city in the Amazonia Brazil and capital of Amazonas State. Amazonas (amaˈzonas is a state of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Brasília (bɾaˈziliɐ is the Capital of Brazil. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country along a Plateau
Mixed Race Day ("Dia do Mestiço", in Portuguese) was made an official day of the City of Manaus on January 6, 2006. Manaus is a largest city in the Amazonia Brazil and capital of Amazonas State. On March 21, 2006, during the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Mixed Race Day became an official day of the State of Amazon; and on October 6, 2006, of the City of Boa Vista, in the State of Roraima and, on October 9, 2007, it became an official day for this entire State. The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. Amazonas (amaˈzonas is a state of Brazil, located in the northern part of the country Boa Vista is the capital of the Brazilian state of Roraima. Situated on the western bank of the River Branco 220 km (136 mi from Brazil's border with Venezuela Roraima (ʁoˈrajma or) is the northernmost and least populated state of Brazil, located in the Amazon region Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Mixed Race Day honors all those who possess multiracial or multi-ethnic origins. It occurs three days after the Day of the Caboclo, the first mixed race Brazilian. A caboclo (or caboco, from Tupi kaa'boc, 'who came from forest' is a term used in Brazil describing a person of mixed Brazilian Amerindian and
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- ^ Lôbo, Irene. Brazil is a racially diverse and Multiracial country Intermarriage among different Ethnic groups has been part of the country's history Interracial marriage occurs when two people of differing racial groups marry, often creating Multiracial children Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12, the Anniversary of the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision Loving vs Miscegenation (Latin miscere "to mix" + genus "kind" is the mixing of different racial groups, that is marrying, cohabiting The terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from different races. "Brazilian gypsies want to be recognized as citizens", Agęncia Brasil, RomaPage, 2005-06-30. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Retrieved on 2008-03-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of
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- Copy of the Mixed Race Day law - City of Manaus
- Copy of the Mixed Race Day law - State of Amazon
- Copy of the Mixed Race Day law - State of Roraima
- Brazilian Multiracial Movement
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