In Brazil, a festival celebrating the Confederacy is held every year.
The town where Confederate supporters fled after the Civil War is where it is held.
According to The Christian Science Monitor, there is a new law on hate symbols.
According to The Christian Science Monitor, a new law could end an annual celebration of the Confederacy.
The Christian Science Monitor reported that the Confederate Festival has been taking place in Santa Brbara d'Oeste for the past forty years.
Thousands of defeated Confederates went into exile in Brazil, unwilling to abide by the Union's victory and the freeing of enslaved Black people.
Brazil became the last nation in the Americas to ban slavery in the late 19th century.
Descendants of the American Confederates hold an annual festival on the site of a cemetery.
Men and women are dancing in period costumes. Attendees useConfederate dollars to purchase food.
One of the largest Confederate flags in the world is on display at the festival.
The law banning the use of racist symbols at public festivals could end the celebrations. According to The Christian Science Monitor, the legislation was named the festival.
The head of the Fraternidade Descendncia Americana, a group that represents descendants of Confederate families, told the paper that he doesn't like the new law because he doesn't like the Confederate flag. The Christian Science Monitor quotes Joo Padovez as saying that the Confederate flag symbolizes resistance to tyranny.
The local chapter of Unegro, an anti-racism organization, wants to replace the Confederate flag with the US flag.
She told The Christian Science Monitor that the debate about the flag in the US was felt in Brazil. The Washington Post reported that Unegro began to mobilize after the Unite the Right rally in Virginia.
Dozens of protesters gathered nearby to perform Afro-Brazilian dances at the last Confederate Festival in 2019.
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