Rebel Legion News

The "Virada Cultural" event is a HUGE event which happens yearly in São Paulo since 2005. It consists of many cultural actions, shows and presentations happening AT THE SAME TIME in different parts of the city. It starts on Saturday afternoon and goes non-stop until Sunday evening.

This year, they created a spot called "Nerd Dimension" where many nerd "tribes" could gather and enjoy the event. And ALL Star Wars groups were invited to a parade. It was the VERY first one we had in Brazil. We never had such kind of parade before and it was simply awesome.

Between the Rebel Legion, 501st, Vode An (Mercs), Blades Saber Team, São Paulo and Minas Gerais Jedi Councils and a few other groups - we had about 80 people in costume, plus some 15 just with SW T-shirts.

It was amazing! Literally stopping the traffic because some streets were not closed for the parade, so the police had to stop the traffic for us crossing them.

Polis Massa Base wants to thank all groups and friends for the very awesome moment we had, mainly to our friends and parents in T-shirts who helped A LOT during the walking, supporting us as guards, helping us keep moving and guiding the real security guards and police to escort us.

We expect them to call us again next year!

For photos visit Mary’s full Mission Report: http://www.rebellegion.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24298