The Brazilian Japanese of Sydney
March 24th 2009 05:32
Ami & Takashi - The Brazilian Japanese of Sydney
It’s funny how some people seem to be born on the wrong place in the world as if someone exchanged their destination tickets at the last minute by mistake just before they were to be born. I have two friends that are the Most Brazilian Japanese I’ve ever met. They are more Brazilian than a lot of Brazilians I know.
Ami, Takashi and Me dancing at Coolabar on Wednesday Nights
If you are in the Latin Dancing Scene in Sydney you will know them for sure…
Ami and Takashi are amazing dancers and they know more Latin dance styles and I do, I’ve seen them doing: zouk, salsa, bachata, cha-cha, merengue, forró, samba, gafieira, maracatu, among some Brazilian dances I’ve never heard about! They were main dancers at the Ritmo, the Brazilian Festival from BraCCA last September.
Ami & Takashi at Ritmo - The Brazilian Festival at Darling Harbour that happens every September
I see them all around, at the ForroGode parties, all Salsa venues, 101ºC Parties, Carnaval, Capoeira festivals and at the Brazilian nights in Manly, Step Up parties, Sunday’s at Martini Bar… Everywhere!
Dancing Gafieira with Angelo & Gabriela
As good and genuine Brazilians they love beer, dancing, laughing, chatting, more beer, samba, churrasco, beer again, forró and feijoada.
Ami’s birthday was not at a Japanese restaurant, it was at Braza’s a Brazilian “Churrascaria” amazing place. Brazilian barbecue: meet with salt.
Takashi, my sister and me at the Carnaval in Sydney, look at his T-shirt, it's from the Samba School that won this year in Rio!
Ami told me that back in Japan she was more than once on top of the decorated trucks for the Japanese Carnaval, as a main samba dancer. I can well imagine!
When we meet we laugh as if it was the funniest thing that we are seeing each other again, we laugh as if it was the best thing in the world, we hug, kiss and we dance.
They look so Brazilian!
They may be from Japan but every time I see them they bring me a piece of my homeland to the heart.
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Comment by Claudio Gomes
Thanks for writing this warm article. You have put in words what many of us feel about this very special couple.
They are one of a kind you pay deserved homage
to their charisma and talent.
The Sydney Brazilian dancing scene wont be the same without them.