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IU McKinney to Commemorate Indiana's Sister State Relationship with Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
04/06/2016
The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will celebrate Chimarrão Day in commemoration of Indiana’s sister state relationship with Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on April 18 in the Inlow Hall atrium.
Indiana has been a sister state with the state in the southernmost region of Brazil since January 18, 1965. Rio Grande do Sul is the fifth most populous in Brazil, and its capital is Porto Alegre. The drink, chimarrão, is a tea made from the erva-mate, a species of holly native to the region. IU McKinney LL.M. student Aline Doral Stefani Fagundes has organized the celebration.
“I think the partnership between Indiana and Rio Grande do Sul is something we need to celebrate and preserve,” Fagundes said. She is a federal judge at labor court in Brazil, a post she has held since 2005. “I see this event as an excellent opportunity to spread the name of our law school abroad and to bring a little bit of the culture of Rio Grande do Sul to Indiana.”
The event will be held April 18 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in the Inlow Hall atrium. The public is invited.
