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For other uses, see Caboclo (disambiguation). Statues showing the birth of a Caboclo. A caboclo ( Portuguese pronunciation:  [kɐˈboklu] , also pronounced "caboco"; from Brazilian Portuguese, perhaps ultimately from Tupi kaa'boc , means a "person having copper-coloured skin" [1] ) (English: cabloke) is a person of mixed Indigenous Brazilian and European ancestry (the first, most common use), or a culturally assimilated person of full Amerindian descent. In Brazil, a caboclo generally refers to this specific type of mestiço . A person of mixed Indigenous Brazilian and sub-Saharan black ancestry is known as a " cafuzo ". In the 1872 and 1890 censuses, 3.90% and 9.04% of the population self-identified as caboclos, respectively. Since then, caboclos are counted as pardos, along with mulattoes (mixed Black-White) and cafuzos (mixed Amerindian-Black). [2] A survey performed in Rio de Janeiro showed that 14% of Whites and 6% of Pardos reported a mixed Amerin...

Mixed Race Day Observed by Brazil Type National Celebrations Racial equality, multiculturalism Date June 27 Frequency Annual In Brazil, " Mixed Race Day " ( Dia do Mestiço ) is observed annually on June 27, three days after the Day of the Caboclo, in celebration of all mixed-race Brazilians, including the caboclos. The date is an official public holiday in three Brazilian states. Mixed Race Day marks the election of twenty-seven mixed-race representatives during the 1st Conference for the Promotion of Racial Equality, [1] which occurred in the city of Manaus from April 7 to 9, 2005. It also recognizes the month of June, in which caboclo activist Helda Castro was registered as the only mixed-race representative in the 1st National Conference for the Promotion of Racial Equality, which was held in Brasília (June 30 to July 2, 2005) and was sponsored by the Government of Brazil. Manaus established "Mixed Race Day" as an official day of the city on January 6, 2006. T...