A little over a week has passed since the final official parade of Rio de Janeiro’s carnival saw the top six samba schools walk down the Sambadrome after scores were announced. Though foreigners can participate in the […]
On February 12, the Marvelous City saw a new street parade, or bloco, join the other 456 blocos of carnival. Participants assembled in Largo da Carioca, in the city center near the Carioca metro station. This bloco was an […]
Complexo do Alemão‘s yearly carnival street party was aggressively brought to an end by policemen who “created chaos in the crowd, fired guns, tear gas and pepper spray,” according to residents who took to social media […]
For the original by Mídia NINJA in Portuguese on Medium click here. They clean the litter off the streets and sidewalks daily. They have the dirtiest and one of the least valued jobs in our society. […]
Clique aqui para Português Rival to a night spent at the Sambódromo during Rio de Janeiro’s carnival are its street parties and parades, better known as blocos. An organized yet relatively spontaneous affair, these free-of-charge […]