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Rio Carnival 2024: When is it, where is it and what are the best events to attend?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Rio Carnival 2024: When is it, where is it and what are the best events to attend?

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rio Carnival is one of the biggest, boldest and brightest events in the Brazilian calendar, and …

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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 …

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AP PHOTOS: Afro-Brazilian religion ritual before Carnival
3 years, 10 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Afro-Brazilian religion ritual before Carnival

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Laura D’Oya, a priestess of an Afro-Brazilian religion, was at the center of the ceremony. A spiritual mentor walked past Laura in her Casa de Caridade Santa Barbara Iansa temple and prayed to activate a protective field to shield her from bad energies. Despite the fact Rio suspended street parties and the Carnival parade due to …

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Virus delays Rio’s Carnival for first time in a century
4 years, 3 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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