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Brazil: Rio’s Carnaval Puts the Biz in Showbiz

"My blessed women, my blessed women," run the lyrics of a samba-enredo (samba anthem ...

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Brazil: Rio’s Sambadrome Is Already Alive with the Carnaval Sounds

Fireworks explode over the packed parade stadium, samba drums erupt and thousands of dancers ...

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What Brazil’s Sambadrome Bleacher Taught Me

To savor Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools from a Sambódromo bleacher (arquibancada in Portuguese) ...

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Progress Killed Carnaval in Brazil

The “Tríduo momesco” (King Momo’s Triduum) was the dressed-up name, pretentious.  It became inappropriate ...