Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Alba Valéria Mendonça published in G1, click here. In the context of contemporary Brazil where President Bolsonaro has acted to reduce references to Afro- […]
Clique aqui para Português Horror or revelry? There is a bit of both in the history of the emergence of carnival clowns known as bate-bolas (“ball-hitters”). At once scary and performative, historians date their origins to the […]
Clique aqui para Português On February 19, the Suburban Madness Carnival group, or bloco, held an event at the SESC cultural center in Engenho de Dentro, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, to choose the group’s 2019 […]
Clique aqui para Português Monday, February 5 The end-of-summer rains began in Rio, without major structural impacts. Remaining fairly light, they were a cause for celebration as they led to cooler temperatures. Cecília Oliveira, a […]
Clique aqui para Português Since 1964, Complexo de Manguinhos, a group of favelas in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, has been represented at Carnival by the samba school Unidos de Manguinhos (Manguinhos United), a school that is as […]