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Added on the 12/02/2024 02:46:01 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Dancers, drummers and revellers fill Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome for technical rehearsals ahead of Carnival. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 12 (EFE).- (Camera: Carlos Moreno) A symbolic act to praise the carnival tradition of Rio de Janeiro and pay tribute to the victims of Covid-19 replaced on Friday the traditional delivery of keys to the King Momo, with which the Carnival was normally officially started, as the biggest event in Brazil was cancelled.FOOTAGE OF THE EVENT. SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:Composer Tiaozinho da Mocidade, member of the Board of Directors of the Samba Museum and old glory of the Mocidade Independiente samba school. "Carnival is a celebration of joy and happiness, but it is also a producer of employment for many families in Brazil and Rio de Janeiro." "We, in addition to having fun, because it seems like it's just a party, but no, also generate a lot of employment. Many people depend on carnival for their day to day, to live, to eat. It really is a job. Besides being something joyful, joy also generates wealth for the country and for people."Cultural producer Geisa Ketti, daughter of the late composer Zé Ketti: "Our voice practically does not resonate. It resonates but to dance and generate happiness. But our sadness, our pain, our needs, our demands are not heard and are not appropriate to public policies for culture.""As for the pandemic, we are suffering a lot because our government was denialist until now. We could have had a carnival if we had assumed the responsibility of vaccinating, of buying vaccines from China. They only started now, unfortunately, everything was delayed. Even our joy."
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 21 (EFE).- Rio de Janeiro was filled Friday with joyous celebration, colorful sights and pulsating samba rhythms at the start of Carnival, an annual pre-Lenten event in Brazil that is dubbed the world's biggest party.The first "blocos" (street parties) started parading on Friday afternoon and attracted thousands of costumed revelers, including one traditional block known as Bloco das Carmelitas whose participants are known for dressing up like nuns.The party took place in the downtown hilltop neighborhood of Santa Teresa where the Carmelitas bloco originated 30 years ago, inspired by the legend of a nun who allegedly escaped from her convent to enjoy Carnival. (Camera: JANAÍNA QUINET).SHOT LIST: THE BLOCO DAS CARMELITAS STREET PARTY PARADES THROUGH THE HILLTOP NEIGHBORHOOD OF SANTA TERESA IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
Thousands of dancers from Rio de Janeiro's elite samba schools roll out their traditional parades of feathers and sequins -- combined with a large dose of social and political commentary -- as the main business of the giant annual Carnival gets under way. IMAGES
Beija-Flor is crowned Rio de Janeiro's champion samba school as the Carnival comes to a close in the city. Tara Cleary reports.
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