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| Português: | Brasil: Passeio ciclístico vestido... |
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| 简体中文: | 巴西：裸体单车骑乘活动遭禁... |
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In the Brazilian version of the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR), in São Paulo, nudism was ruled out: “According to the a lieutenant who was patrolling the demonstration, the order was to arrest anybody who displays their genitalia. In other words, it is fine to protest… but not naked. The funny thing is, this is the country of carnival, where every year there are naked women on national network television for 3 days, yet the nation is shocked by cycling nudists”, reports br.br101.org [pt]. One person was arrested.
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Hi, actually around 30 people were naked during the World Naked Bike Ride in São Paulo as you can see here http://noticias.uol.com.br/album/080614_ciclistas_album.jhtm
The post br.br101.org is realy bad. I’m in doubt if the person that wrote it was there. I suggest you that a lot at this link http://nakedwiki.org/index.php?title=São_Paulo for a long list of other posts about the event.
Thanks, Rodrigo.