"Mixed Race Day (Portuguese: Dia do Mesti\u00E7o) is celebrated on June 27 in Brazil, as a reference to the twenty-seven mixed-race (\"mesti\u00E7o\" in Portuguese) representatives elected during the 1st Conference for the Promotion of Racial Equality, which occurred in the city of Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil, from April 7 to 9, 2005."@en . .