Brazil's glitzy Carnival returns in full form after Covid-19 pandemic
1 year, 10 months ago

Brazil's glitzy Carnival returns in full form after Covid-19 pandemic

Hindustan Times  

Brazil’s Carnival is back. Top samba schools, which are based in Rio’s more working-class neighborhoods, spend millions on hour-long parades with elaborate floats and costumes, said Jorge Perlingeiro, president of Rio’s league of samba schools. “What's good and beautiful costs a lot; Carnival materials are expensive,” Perlingeiro said in an interview in his office beside the samba schools' warehouses. “There were so many people in Rio’s city center for Carnival that the whole region ran out of water within hours,” said Butter. “Carnival is beautiful, people are buying, thank God all my employees are paid up to date,” said Jorge Francisco, who sells sequined and sparkled Carnival accoutrements at his shop in downtown Rio.

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Brazil’s aluminum can street party brings joy, and a green message, to revelers
10 months, 1 week ago

Brazil’s aluminum can street party brings joy, and a green message, to revelers

Associated Press  

MADRE DE DEUS, Brazil — They couldn’t see it, but they could hear it. A reveler wearing a costume made from beer and soda cans takes part in the ‘Bloco da Latinha’ street party Carnival parade in Madre de Deus, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. The can street party was paused before returning in 2011, with performers for the first …

Brazil's new it-town for Carnival 2024
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Brazil's new it-town for Carnival 2024

BBC  

Brazil's new it-town for Carnival 2024 Sipa US/Alamy Musicians in the Baianas Ozadas Carnival block during Belo Horizonte Carnival This year, Brazilians seem to have recognised that the heart of carnival culture is not in Rio, but in little-known Belo Horizonte. "It is only in even more recent years that Beagá has emerged as a popular destination for Carnival goers," …

Rio holds first all-out carnival since Covid
1 year, 10 months ago

Rio holds first all-out carnival since Covid

India Today  

With a swirl of glitter, sequins and samba, Rio de Janeiro will kick off its famed carnival parades Sunday, the climax of the festival's first full-on edition since Covid-19 and Brazil's bitterly divisive elections. A masked reveler participates in the "Ceu na Terra" Block or Heaven on Earth street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Revelers …

Brazil’s Carnival finally reborn in its full, glittery, raucous form as pandemic ebbs
1 year, 10 months ago

Brazil’s Carnival finally reborn in its full, glittery, raucous form as pandemic ebbs

LA Times  

Brazil’s Carnival is back. Top samba schools, based in Rio’s more working-class neighborhoods, spend millions on hourlong parades with elaborate floats and costumes, said Jorge Perlingeiro, president of Rio’s league of samba schools. Carnival materials are expensive,” Perlingeiro said in his office beside the samba schools’ warehouses. “It’s such an important party.. It’s a party of culture, happiness, entertainment, leisure …

Rio’s dazzling Carnival parade resumes after pandemic hiatus
2 years, 8 months ago

Rio’s dazzling Carnival parade resumes after pandemic hiatus

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s top samba schools began putting on their delayed Carnival parades late Friday, the first after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic. Entire communities rally around the competing samba schools, whose shows are not only a source of pride but also employment since preparations require countless seamstresses, welders, costume designers and more. Both …

Rio’s Carnival parade is back, as street bands ache to party
2 years, 8 months ago

Rio’s Carnival parade is back, as street bands ache to party

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor Eduardo Paes on Wednesday ceremonially handed control of the city to King Momo, a ritual representing the upheaval of the status quo -- but it remains to be seen how much post-pandemic partying is in store during the first Carnival in two years. Revelers dance in the “Cordão do Boitata” parade during …

Rio de Janeiro delays Carnival parades as omicron spreads
2 years, 11 months ago

Rio de Janeiro delays Carnival parades as omicron spreads

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — The world-famous Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro will be held in late April rather than the final weekend of February, as the number of coronavirus cases in Brazil spikes and the omicron variant spreads across the country. “The decision was made respecting for the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil and the need, …

Rio de Janeiro's Annual Carnival Parade Cancelled Due To Omicron Scare, Rising Cases
2 years, 11 months ago

Rio de Janeiro's Annual Carnival Parade Cancelled Due To Omicron Scare, Rising Cases

News 18  

Rio de Janeiro has canceled its world-famous Carnival parade for a second year due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and the threat from the arrival of the Omicron coronavirus variant, the city’s mayor said on Tuesday. Rio mayor Eduardo Paes announced after a meeting with health authorities that the city would call off the event that draws hundreds of …

Brazil’s Bolsonaro dismisses call for COVID travel curbs
3 years ago

Brazil’s Bolsonaro dismisses call for COVID travel curbs

Al Jazeera  

Brazil’s health regulator recommends travel restrictions for some African countries due to new coronavirus variant. Brazil’s health regulator has recommended curbs on travel from some African countries after the detection of a new COVID-19 variant, but President Jair Bolsonaro appeared to dismiss such measures. Brazil’s regulatory agency also recommended “the temporary suspension of the authorization to stay in Brazil for …

How a Brazilian carnival artiste coped with unemployment in the pandemic by reinventing her craft of stilt-walking
3 years, 7 months ago

How a Brazilian carnival artiste coped with unemployment in the pandemic by reinventing her craft of stilt-walking

Firstpost  

One of the biggest casualties has been Rio’s carnival, which would have been held in February but was cancelled for the first time in 109 years because of the pandemic — leaving the small armies of costume designers, mechanics, choreographers, performers and others who usually prepare the parades out of work. Poti, 37, is one of the legions of Brazilian …

With street parties banned due to coronavirus pandemic, Brazil's iconic Carnival goes online
3 years, 10 months ago

With street parties banned due to coronavirus pandemic, Brazil's iconic Carnival goes online

Firstpost  

The COVID-19 pandemic forced Rio to shut down its famed festival and threaten legal action against those who defy the ban to party. That idiosyncratic lineup is a typical sort of lineup for the Carnival street band Desliga da Justica, but this year they were facing cameras in a studio and the fans were scattered across the internet instead of …

Brazil Carnival goes online with street parties banned
3 years, 10 months ago

Brazil Carnival goes online with street parties banned

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Supergirl came out of the dressing room ready for action as usual. That idiosyncratic lineup is a typical sort of lineup for the Carnival street band Desliga da Justica, but this year they were facing cameras in a studio and the fans were scattered across the internet instead of dancing in the streets during one of …

How a Brazil samba school shimmied from Carnival to COVID-19
4 years, 1 month ago

How a Brazil samba school shimmied from Carnival to COVID-19

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — The sultry heat of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer will soon be rolling into Rio de Janeiro. In a normal year, Baracho’s organization — the Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school — would already be a hive of preparation for the coming Carnival. “It’s part of Rio’s people, especially in our region and community, to look forward …

Virus delays Rio’s Carnival for first time in a century
4 years, 2 months ago

Virus delays Rio’s Carnival for first time in a century

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro delayed its annual Carnival parade, saying Thursday night that the global spectacle cannot go ahead in February because of Brazil’s continued vulnerability to the pandemic. The samba schools are community institutions, and the parades are just one detail of all that,” Luiz Antonio Simas, a historian who specializes in Rio’s Carnival, said in …

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