Maria Vaz

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Description
Rosinha is a pretty parrot and girlfriend of José Carioca. She is usually seen with medium length black hair (occasionally with short hair) in a ponytail, cream colored feathers, black eyes and a yellow beak.

Background
Rosinha was originally going to be featured in a series of films in the 1940's under the name of Aurora. The idea never made it past the storyboard process. However a pretty parrot named Maria, (also called Rosita in Italian and Rosinha in Brazil), does show up in a large number of comics done in both Holland and Brazil. It seems Rosinha is one of her more well known names. She seems to be featured often in the Zé Carioca comics as the daughter of a wealthy man who tries to interfere with her's and José's relationship as he does not approve of it. There are times when she has tried to get José to marry her, but he does his best to avoid being tied down.