With three years of pent-up excitement since the last Carnival, such restrictions came under fire. This year, citing a lack of time to conduct a thorough review process, officials said they would not authorize any blocos.
For more than a decade now, informal street parties known as blocos have been required to apply for authorization from the city government. The 2022 celebration has not been without controversy. Photo by Carl de Souza / AFP via Getty Images Of the 12 samba schools that participated, eight chose themes dealing with Afro-Brazilian culture or racial injustice, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). Several selected themes with political messages.Ī member of Viradouro samba school performs on the first night of Rio's Carnival parade. During the pandemic, the massive open-air arena served as a vaccination center and homeless shelter this year’s festival filled the facility with lively hues and catchy melodies.īeyond the colorful costumes, the parade explored different social issues in the country, including violence, race and religion. Brazil’s top samba schools filled Rio’s Sambadrome, home to the festival since the 1980s, with buoyant and elaborate floats and dancers. Last week, Paes handed the key to “ King Momo,” Wilson Dias da Costa Neto, who, as the symbol of Carnival, opened the festival.ĭancers paraded in their traditional costumes, dripping in glitter and neon colors while capturing the essence of Carnival’s spirit. Photo by Mauro Pimentel / AFP via Getty Images King Momo, Wilson Dias da Costa Neto (left), receives the key to the city from Rio's mayor, Eduardo Paes (right), during the Carnival's official opening ceremony on April 20. This year, the Omicron variant surge led to a short, two-month postponement, with Carnival taking place between April 20 and April 30. In 2021, after announcing the cancellation of Carnival, Rio’s mayor, Eduardo Paes, gave the city key to health care workers in lab coats. Thanks to Covid-19, however, the festival has been much less festive as of late. During Carnival, performers wearing bold attire and revelers singing and clapping to the rhythm of samba line the Brazilian city’s streets. Most years, Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival, an annual celebration held before Lent, begins on the Friday before Ash Wednesday and continues for five days.
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