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Costume provokes devil of a row
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| 15 August 2009
| Dan Collyns
Posted on 08/15/2009 6:50:28 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Bolivia and Peru are not always on the best of terms but their latest row is not of a political nature - it's down to the choice of a dress.
For her appearance at the Miss Universe contest in the Bahamas this month, Miss Peru has chosen a dress inspired by an Andean dance popular in both nations.
She will perform in a costume bedecked with diabolical horns and eyes. Bolivia has accused the Miss Peru organisers of unfairly appropriating Bolivian cultural heritage.
The issue has pricked national pride on both sides of the border.
It has prompted angry newspaper editorials and indignant blogs, and Bolivian Culture Minister Pablo Groux was quoted in Peruvian newspapers as saying that Bolivia would sue.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: costume; missperu; missuniverse; peru
La Diablada dance dates from colonial times, historians say
To: JoeProBono
Sounds like this needs to be settled in the WH with a second beer fest.
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08/15/2009 6:59:57 AM PDT
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Popman
To: Popman
Miss Peru
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posted on
08/15/2009 7:03:07 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
not guilty, of anything. Ever
To: JoeProBono
Bolivia - Dominique Peltier
Profile: Peru - Karen Schwarz
Amazing, how much these two girls look alike.
Personally a Jelly wrestling match between the two instead of a beerfest would be much easier on the eyes and nobody would care who wore the devil costume
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08/15/2009 7:15:46 AM PDT
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Popman
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
08/15/2009 7:22:14 AM PDT
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DogBarkTree
(Support The American Tea Party)
To: DogBarkTree
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posted on
08/15/2009 7:28:23 AM PDT
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Dr. Ursus
To: Daffynition
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posted on
08/15/2009 7:40:34 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I'm sending in the fashion police!
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posted on
08/15/2009 7:48:15 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: Daffynition
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08/15/2009 9:14:06 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Great .... and I already have the shoes to match.
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posted on
08/15/2009 1:25:45 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: Daffynition
Got a hat?
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posted on
08/15/2009 1:36:49 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
And mess up my hair? Who ya kiddin'?
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posted on
08/15/2009 2:11:01 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: Daffynition
Prom Night
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08/15/2009 3:00:34 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Spent all your allowance on the *do* and didn't have enuf left over for a razor. OK ....were these involved?
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08/15/2009 3:27:13 PM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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