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Tiznao

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Tiznao

A guy in the Dominican carnival who covers himself in burnt engine grease to represent African ancestors, participating in parades where they dance or scare kids. (These characters often demand small tips from onlookers, threatening to stain them with grease if they do not pay).

The tiznao asked me for 20 pesos and since I didn't give them to him, he smeared my arm.

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby IndividuoWord of the day · February 1, 2011

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