A Furious Canary, Popular Mascot Of Brazil In The World Cup

Washington Hispanic Writing

A canary is very angry. But the Brazilians love it.
Canarinho, the image of an enraged bird that reflects the frustration of the fans of the Brazilian team after the failure of four years ago at home, has become a sensation wherever he goes in Russia.

The canary, always dressed in the uniform of the selection, resembles a bit the Angry Birds. It is a kind of Piolin, the character of the “Looney Tunes”, but with a face of deep disgust. 

Some followers of Brazil nickname it “Canarinho Pistola”, or “Canarito Furioso”, and the technical director of the team is amazed by its popularity.
“Man, he’s a character,” Tite said. “He has his own charisma.”
Canarinho is a kind of “bad boy”, unlike the previous mascots, of the same species but with a kinder image, which had represented the national team for years but never proved popular. 

In reality, Brazil had never really embraced the tradition of sports mascots. This changed when the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), inspired in part by the mascot of the Chicago Bulls in the NBA, turned his tender Canario into a threatening character so that the fans could identify with him before the World Cup. 

It is not permissible for the new canary to appear during matches in Russia, because the FIFA rules protect the official mascot of the World Cup, the wolf Zabivaka. However, Canarinho accompanies the team almost to any city. It appears frequently in front of stadiums before games, and in some training sessions. 

The fans chanted the mascot’s name as they waited for Brazilian players to arrive at the team’s hotel for a recent match in Moscow. They almost went crazy when the security guards, apparently thinking that the mascot was a fan trying to sneak in, took her out of the reserved area in front of the hotel.