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"Teu nome é pátria amada, é patriazinha  Não rima com mãe gentil" — Vinicius de Moraes

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• BASIC PROFILE INFORMATION:

🌿 human name: mayara dos santos silva (former beatriz dos santos, it used to be her baptism name given by Portugal)

🌿 gender: cis female

🌿 birthday: september 7th (independence day)

🌿 zodiac: virgo

🌿 mbti: esfp

• SPOTIFY:

🎵 Mayara's theme songs playlist — may

🎵 Mayara's favorite musics — may's playlist

Obrigada por tudo, Cabo Verde. Que performance esplêndida! Voltem ainda mais fortes na próxima copa, por favor! 🇧🇷🫂🇨🇻

I was inspired by my friend, Pepi 💕 that drew adorable chibis for the World Cup 🥹🤏

I decided drawing my OCs and my semi OCs (Japan, Portugal, cuz I've HC them a lot, and stolen them from himaruya)

Above → 🇧🇷🇭🇹🇨🇻

Below → 🇲🇽🇯🇵🇵🇹

FIFA WC 2026 LUSOFAM breaking my hiatus

🇧🇷 and 🇨🇻 🥺🙌 I am so happy for Cabo Verde

Happy Easter!

I would very much like to talk about May's Christian religiosity, but not exploring it so much for now.

For example, I read in some book a while ago that during the early colonization, some Portuguese were bothered by the popularization of the name "Brazil," which was how the Land of Brazil was referred to. And they preferred the former religious name "Terra de Santa Cruz" (Land of the Holy Cross). In my opinion, hearing about it made May (Beatriz, at the time) feel anxious about her land given name (she was already being taught in Língua Geral/language based on Ancient Tupi the Scriptures and Catholic prayers). ← However, I am not super convinced of that YET because I don't remember the book I've read about the profane name "Brazil" lmfao 🤣 it was maybe one Portuguese guy who was bothered(? Or maybe the most religious ones, I don't remember 😭🤦‍♀️ (redacted)

The second is about the Patroness of Brazil. Our Lady of Aparecida (Mayara is holding her). I remember I discovered that by an accident, a long time ago, but Aparecida's (Virgin Mary) tunic and crown were given by Princess Isabel of Brazil! She is responsible for the saint's blue cloak and the crown. Princess Isabel was a fervent devotee of Our Lady of Aparecida because of her promise of getting pregnant. Following her promise, she donated a gold crown studded with diamonds and a richly embroidered mantle to the image of Our Lady of Aparecida. ✨

Possibly, the mantle looked like this

I am very disappointed that "O Agente Secreto" lost in all categories. I guess it hurts more because the movie was made by nordestinos, by people from my region. And I truly prayed for Nordeste being able to bring an Oscar for Brazil. 😞

The actor Wagner Moura (the main protagonist) is literally from my city.

The movie takes place in Recife (PE) as background.

The movie director, Kleber Mendonça, is Pernambucano.

Tânia Maria (support character) is Potiguar.

The movie shows the culture of Recife/Pernambuco.

But I am still happy and proud of them 🌵🇧🇷 I know my region is filled with talents. We were/are always seen as a poor, disposable region. But here we are, showing to the world that we can go far. Even if we don't take the prize! I am glad to see the representation of my region.

Sacrificamos o futebol ⚽ e o brilho tá vindo de tantas formas diferentes!

Let's start 2026 with more Brazilian States redesigns! This time, Lady Catarina.

I refuse to speak further, but she is a red flag, she has red on her flag, I don't have to say more ☝️🤓 she is a Brazilian beauty, but 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 don't let this catarinense fool you

If someone asked for Southern Brazilian states representation, here it is!!!! Cata.

I said to myself, STOP. STOP IT, LÍRIO. Just, go rest and forget about drawing. But bah.

Well, I wasn't going to do anything right now. But, a series of things inspired me to draw. Haiti's Independence Day was on January 1st. I wanted to draw a chibi of Catherine, but I couldn't manage it. Then, I remembered New Year's and included Mayara. I saw pictures of white Karabellas (Haitian folk clothing) and thought, "Hmm, in Brazil, white is worn for New Year's… What if Mayara invited Catherine over for New Year's?"

Translation of May's dialogue: (informal) Shall we jump the seven waves?

Brazilian New Year is heavily influenced by Afro-Brazilian religions. Wearing white, for example (a sacred color for Candomblé and Umbanda), and jumping seven waves at the beach are also traditions, the second is in homage to Iemanjá (Orisha).

I was reading about Haitian Vodou and discovered "La Sirène," a lwa. So I noticed she was similar (or, associated) to Yemojá/Iemanjá. Even the image used to represent La Sirène is the same one Brazilians use to represent Iemanjá.

Btw: I am not expert on Religion matters! I am sorry if I committed any mistake or used any wrong term.

I just tried to make a respectful spiritual connection between my girls 🇭🇹 and 🇧🇷, because I love them