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Silent Immortality for Humble Poet Carpenter
In Jau near Sao Paulo a concrete niche holds a self Made statue of Miguel Pacifico a carpenter who sought immortality by erecting his own figure. The city council declined to list him as a monument yet locals and visitors treat the statue as a voodoo shrine and a quirky landmark in the red light district amid legends of defacement and reverence.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Red Light
Jau
Miguel Pacifico
Pacifico the
Pacifico the Musician
Pacifico
Red Light District