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The parakeet is the official mascot of Palmeiras, as it has great identification with Brazil and is a bird that existed in abundance in Barra Funda. However, over time, the pig became the most popular animal to identify Palmeiras. It was how the São Paulo elite referred to the Italians and descendants who lived in São Paulo, but in a pejorative way. From the 1980s, this changed, especially after Jorginho Putinatti appeared on the cover of Placar magazine with the animal on his lap.
