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Seven Year Old Samba Queen Stirs Controversy in Brazil

By Mariela Rosario | 02/09/2010 - 13:54 | 0 Comments

Some people are up in arms about a recent report that the Viradouro samba school has selected seven-year-old Julia Lira to be their Queen for the huge annual Carnival parade in the Sambodromo. Julia's father, Marco Lira, is the owner of the samba school and her mother, Monica Lira, is a police official. Both parents think...