Who is Felipe from Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia and what is their importance?

A Brazilian expatriate, living five years in Bali, Felipe throws a party of pork, alcohol, and dancing to which Elizabeth Gilbert is invited early in the third leg of her travels by a fellow Brazilian, Armenia. Felipe remarks that Liz is so young and beautiful that she needs only one dress to fit into society. The eventually become intense lovers.