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| Ambassador of Australia, Mr. John Sullivan and his wife, Mrs. Patricia Sullivan greeted the guests at the entrance of the hall. |
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| On May 16, the Embassy of Australia, represented mainly by Ambassador John Sullivan and his wife, President of AOLA – Asia and Oceania Ladies Association, Mrs. Patricia Sullivan, organized a splendid party at the Main Hall of Clube Naval to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the relations between Australia and Brazil. |
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| Hundreds of guests came to the event. |
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| The music was provided by the excellent musicians of the "Brasília Popular Orquestra - Jazz", playing live all night long |
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| The evening was really pleasant. Here, the Ambassadors of Bulgaria, Poland, Iran, Ireland and the Czech Republic enjoying the wind by the lake and admired the "rain of stars" on the waters, reflecting the stars on sky. |
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| Several Ambassadors came to the event. |
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| The evening was extremely pleasant, with the presence of several diplomats, Brazilian government authorities, business men, representatives of the press and artists living in Brasília. All aspects of the event seemed to be in harmony and contributed to a lovely evening: the nice weather, the music in the background, the friendly atmosphere. |
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| Mr. Hassine Bouzid, Ambassador of Tunisia (left) and Mr. Rahamtalla Mohamed Osman, Ambassador of Sudan. |
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| From left to right, Ambassador of Iran, Mr. Seyed Jafar Hashemi, the Sales Manager of InterContinental Hotels, in São Paulo, Mrs. Paula Abi Jaudi, and the Ambassadress of Iran, Mrs. Fatemeh Hashemi. |
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| From left to right, Mr. Jean Sorell Wendell Claude, Counsellor of the Embassy of Haiti, the Ambassador of Haiti, Mr. Antonio E. Fénelon and the Ambassador of Honduras, Mr. Victor Manuel Lozano Urbina. |
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| Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, Mr. Yousuf Ali A. Al-Usaimi and Hala husni Fariz, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of Palestine. |
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| Mr. Ruy Casaes, Chief of Ceremony of Itamarty (left) and the Ambassador of Palestine, Mr. Musa Amer Odeh |
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| From left to right, Ambassador Rudolf Baerfuss, from Switzerland, Ambassador of Thailand, Mrs. Siree Bunnag and the Ambassador of Sri Lanka, General Rohan de Silva Daluwatte. |
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| From left to right, Mr. Jayathilake Mudiyanselage, husband of the First Secretary of Sri Lanka, Mrs. Malanie Kandepola (far left), Mrs. Paula Abi Jaudi, Sales Manager from the InterContinental Hotels, in São Paulo, Mr. Pedro Paulo Moreira (center), Director of THE GUIDE and of the Association of Diplomats in Brasília, and Mrs. Faridah Awang Ngah, First Secretary of the Embassy of Malaysia. |
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| Once the Australian people is known all around the world for being so easy to live with, so cheerful and good spirited, it is not difficult to understand why the event had so many special guests. |
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| Ambassador of Costa Rica, Mrs. Sara Faingezicht de Gloobe (left) and the Ambassador of Mexico, Mrs. Cecilia Soto González. |
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| From left to right, Ambassador of Kwait, Mr. Hamood Al - Roudhan, Ambassador of Lebanon, Dr. Fouad El-Khoury, and the Chargé d´Affaires of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Mr. Abdullah Abdulrahman Rashed Alowaifeer. |
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| From left to right, Ambassador of Russia, Mr. Vladimir L. Tyurdenev, Ambassadress of Ukraine, Mrs. Olga Bogaievska, Ambassador of Bulgary, Mr. Ventzislav Anguelov Ivanov and the Ukrainian Ambassador, Mr. Yurii Bogaievsky. |
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| From left to right: Ambassador of Paraguay, Mr. Luis González Arias, his wife, Mrs. Mary Beatriz Ayala de González, Mr. Piragibe S. Tarragô, General-Director of the Economic Department of Itamaraty, the Minister of the German Embassy, Mr. Bernhard Graf von Waldersee and his wife, Mrs. Katerina Gräfin von Waldersee. |
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| Dr. Dave Cooke OBE, Director of the British Council in Brazil, and Mr. Fred Fick, hairdresser. |
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| Mr. Hans J. G. Dissevelt, Minister Counsellor and Chargé D´Affaires of the Embassy of Netherlands and Ambassador Monica Mariana Grigorescu, from the Embassy of Romania. |
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| Commander Carlos Testoni, Counter Admiral of Brazilian Navy and his wife, Mrs. Eliane Testoni. |
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| The President of the Group of Ambassadresses, Ambassadress Rosa Maria Alvarado de Lozano, from Honduras, and the Treasurer of the Group, Ambassadress of Paraguay, Mrs. Mary Beatriz Ayala de González. |
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| Ambassador Sullivan and Mrs. Sullivan offered a wonderful dinner after the cocktail and it was amazing the easiness among all the guests, cheerfully talking and laughing, and dancing. “It sure has exceeded our expectations”, said Mrs. Carolyn Irving, First Secretary of the Embassy, responsible for Political, Commercial and Agricultural Affairs. “We are really happy that all is going well and that we can enjoy such an important celebration with our friends”. |
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| Mrs. Carolyn Irving, First Secretary of the Embassy of Australia, who conducted the practical organization of the event and Mr. Felipe Alencar Costa, Third Secretary of Itamaraty (center), and Mr. Braz Baracuhy, Secretary of the Agriculture Division of Itamaraty. |
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| A lovely dinner was served to the guests. |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan had dinner and enjoyed the artistic presentations after dinner among friends |
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| The headlight was the show of Mr. Albert David and Mr. Adam Hill, after dinner, who presented a magnificent performance of dance and music with typical instruments of the native Australian tribes, from different parts of the country. The artists are from the group “ Torres Strait Island ”, famous worldwide for preserving and publicizing the traditional culture of the native peoples of Australia . |
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| Mr. Albert David, dancer, and Mr. Adam Hill, musician, showed the guests some traditional tunes and dances from different parts of Australia. The duo is part of the group "Torres Strait Island" of typical music and dance of native peoples in Australia. |
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| Mr. John Sullivan and his wife have been in Brazil for three years. And these three years certainly come with a lot to celebrate. The Embassy of Australia in Brazil, the first one Australia founded in Latin America, has intermediated many businesses between the two countries and slowly built the trade. This trade now, altogether, amounts to about a billion dollars, in both directions. There is still space to grow, but right now there are about 35 Australian companies investing in Brazil. There are around three thousand Brazilian students in Australia, at the time. |
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| THE GUIDE congratulates the Embassy of Australia for the good relations between them and the government of Brazil . |
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