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Yamanba

Yamanba, sometimes written as "yamamba", is a fashion trend among Japanese girls. The term comes from mythology and refers to a mountain-ogress. Starting with the bleach-white hair and heavy tan of the ganguro girl, the yamanba adds white lipstick and eye makeup and sometimes blue contacts. The result is a caricature of a blond Caucasian woman.

See race, blackface



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