In southern Brazil, there still exists remnants of the American Confederacy. Each April, the Descendants of American Southerners don hoop skirts and the grey uniform to celebrate their shared history. Thousands of Southerners migrated to Central and South America after finding themselves on the losing side of the war and their relatives are called Confederados.
Descendants of American Southerners play with Confederate flags in a cemetery where the enclave's original immigrants are buried.
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Men and women in period dress dance to Dixie classics.
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The Immigrants Museum displays the history and relics of settlers who fled deeper south after the American Civil War.
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Gravestones in the American cemetery show birthplaces across the southern United States.
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As controversy over the Confederate flag explodes again in the United States, it flies prominently in the small Brazilian community.
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A descendant of the Confederate diaspora dons a patriotic dress for the 150th anniversary celebrations.
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Flags waving, the festivities are incongruously set against the sugar cane fields of southern Brazil.
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