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| Ambassador of Namibia, Mr. Patrick Nandago and his wife, Mrs. Elina Nandago. |
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| On April 12, 2005 , the Embassy of Namibia celebrated its National Day at Clube Naval. The celebration began with a cocktail, followed by the National Anthems of Brazil and Namibia and the pronunciation of the Ambassador, Mr. Patrick Nandago. |
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| The diplomats of the Namibian Embassy received the guests at the entrance of the Main Hall of Clube Naval. |
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| Right at the door of the hall, a little of what the guests could expect: originality and charm of the Namibian people, represented here by the beautiful craftwork displayed. |
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| Diplomats and Brazilian governmental authorities were present at the celebration of the Namibian National Day, only the second official National Day in Brazil, considering the fact that Namibia recently established an embassy here in Brasília. |
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| Mr. Vilbard Usiku (left), Namibian citizen attending a conference in Brazil, also came to the celebration. On the right, Mr. Nicklaas Kandjii, First Secretary of the Embassy of Namibia. |
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| From left to right, Ambassador of Chile, Mr. Osvaldo Puccio, his wife, Mrs. Ingrid Kohlhofer, Ambassadress of Cuba, Mrs. Maria del Carmen Orellana Alvarado and the Ambassador of Cuba, Mr. Pedro Nuñez Mosquera. |
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| Ambassador of South Africa, Mrs. Lindiwe Zulu, Ambassador of the Republic of Côte D'Ivoire, Mrs. Colette G. Lambin and Mr. Thomas S. Bvuma, Ambassador of Zimbabwe. |
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| The couple from France, Ambassador Jean de Gliniasty and Mrs. Catherine de Gliniasty. |
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| From left to right, General of Brigade, the Defense Attaché of the Embassy of Angola, Mr. Rafael Daniel Catumbila, First Secretary Dr. Fidellé Wamba, from the Embassy of Cameroun and Mr. Pedro Paulo Moreira, Director of THE GUIDE and Administrative Director of the Association of Diplomats in Brasília - ASDIBRA. |
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| From left to right, Mr. Said Akchavan, Coordinator of the Diplomatic Relations of the Baha'l Community of Brazil, Ambassador Pieter Taruyu Vau, from the Embassy of Indonesia, Minister Acquarone, General Coordinator of the Priviledges and Imunity, Itamaraty, and Ambassador Nguyen Van Huynh, from Vietnam. |
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| Mr. Hau Khan Sum, First Secretary of the Embassy of Myanmar (far right), Mr. Azman Roslee Anvar, Third Secretary of the Embassy of Malaysia (center) and his wife, Mrs. Rozila Ahmad. |
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| The evening was extremely pleasant, with incoming wind of the Paranoa Lake, and the guests enjoyed the refreshments served before dinner and cheerfully chattered at the balcony of the Main Hall of Clube Naval. |
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| From left to right, Minister Bernhard Graf von Waldersee, from the Embassy of Germany, Mrs. Frederique Zehnder and her husband, First Secretary of the Swiss Embassy, Mr. Olivier Zehnder and Mr. Ihab Ahmed Aboserie Ahmed, Counsellor of the Embassy of Egypt and Secretary of Sports of the Association of Diplomats in Brasília - ASDIBRA. |
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| From left to right, Ambassador Khalid Khattak, of the Embassy of Pakistan, Ambassador of Finland, Mr. Hannu Uusi-Videnoja, Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Mr. Václav Hubinger, Ambassador of India, Mr. Amitava Tripathi and the Ambassador of Ireland, Mr. Martin Greene. |
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| Ambassador of Palestine, Mr. Musa Amer Salim Odeh and Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, Mr. Yousuf Ali Al-Usaimi. |
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| From left to right, Mr. Ihab Ahmed Aboserie Ahmed, Counsellor of the Embassy of Egypt and Secretary of Sports of ASDIBRA, Mr. Pedro Paulo Moreira, Director of THE GUIDE and Administrative Director of ASDIBRA and Mr. Gisbert Verse, Sales Executive of BMW do Brasil. |
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| The Ambassador greeted the guests and talked about the importance of celebrating Namibia's 15th anniversary right when Namibia enters new times after President Sam Nujoma stepped down to President Hifikepunye Pohamba, also from the ruling Swapo party, who will continue President Nujoma's and maintain policies which have given Namibia's 1.9 million people political and economic stability. The Ambassador also mentioned the successful relations between Namibia and Brazil. At the end of his speech the Ambassador proposed a toast to celebrate a new era for the two countries and thanked the presence of all. |
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| Ambassador Patrick Nandago gave an enthusiastic speech to the guests before the dinner and thanked all that were present for coming. |
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| The guests cheered at the end of the speech of Ambassador Patrick Nandago and enjoyed the delicious dinner prepared for the event, afterwards. |
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| The dinner was praised by all the guests and the reception was a great success. Those who were present had a wonderful time and certainly left impressed by the gentleness of the members of the Embassy and the remarkable features of the country, displayed in video on a big screen, not to mention the craftwork, typical of the people of Namibia. |
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| The ladies also showed their grace at the reception. Ambassadresses from several countries participated of the event. |
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| Some of the ladies of the Embassy who contributed for the flawless event and the most delighting evening. |
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| The Embassy displayed typical handicraft work from Namibia. |
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| With a mood of pure pleasure a special treat was served along with dinner: different sorts of the sweet and fine Namibian beer, imported exclusively for the event. |
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| The fine savour of the Namibian beer was praised by all the guests. |
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