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Added on the 24/02/2020 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes hands over the keys of the Brazilian city to the Rei Momo - king of the carnival - marking the start of the first carnival since Covid-19 hit Brazil, promising a giant, glittering spectacle of pandemic catharsis. IMAGES
Sao Paulo, Sep 22 (EFE).- Father Julio Lancellotti has been the target of threats and intimidation since he began working to improve the lives of Sao Paulo's homeless population more than three decades ago.(CAMERA: Wallace Carvalho)
Sao Paulo (Brazil), Feb 23, EFE.- In the world's largest pagan festival, the festival of samba and the outpouring of sensuality, women walk vigilantly through the crowd with an arduous goal: to combat sexual harassment of women in Brazil's carnival.(Camera: CARLOS MENESES Editor: AYEESHA HOLDER)
Sao Paulo (Brazil), Feb 23, EFE, (Camera: Carlos Meneses).- In the world's largest pagan festival, the festival of samba and the outpouring of sensuality, women walk vigilantly through the crowd with an arduous goal: to combat sexual harassment of women in Brazil's carnival. The group wear "no means no" tattoos and stickers with the slogan "my body, my rules" and hand out condoms. FOOTAGE OF THE "ANGELS" GROUP THAT FIGHTS HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT THE BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL AND SOUNDBITES OF ALESSANDRA PETRAGLIA, JOURNALIST, CRISTINA DE SOUZA, MUNICIPAL COORDINATOR OF POLICIES FOR WOMEN IN SAO PAULO, AND PAOLA AZEVEDO, EVENTS PRODUCER.TRANSLATIONS: ALESSANDRA PETRAGLIA:1. "As angels, we have the mission of trying to help girls who are in a vulnerable situation, who drank too much, or in short, who went through a situation of harassment, and we go there, listen and try to take them to a safe place".CRISTINA DE SOUZA:"And no, my body is mine, I make the rules for my body and people need to deconstruct that misconception of carnival."PAOLA AZEVEDO:3. "Last Saturday we attended to many underage girls, 13-14 years old, and many of them don't understand harassment as such, they think it's a way to subdue them".
It's the worst health scare in Brazil's recent history but the Zika virus isn't stopping carnival revelers. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
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