21 November 2024

Brazil Carnival: Over 70.000 Tourists Storm Saopaulo Arena

Colourful floats and flamboyant dancers delighted thousands jammed into Saopaulo’s iconic Sambadrome, putting on a much expected Carnival celebration after the pandemic halted the dazzling displays years back .

The Sambadrome, which during the pandemic was turned into a vaccination centre, today 15th February , 2023 , received over 60 thousand tourist who watched the samba parades live in the Arena

The art and culture parade, which began with the national anthem, is more than just a dance competition and is also used to highlight important social issues in Brazil such as religious intolerance, racism and violence.

Saopaulo’s Sambodromo parades are a fantasy of beautiful bodies and dreamlike costumes but the self-declared greatest show on Earth is prepared in the street next to an open sewer.

Samba lady

The Sambódromo, watched by 70,000 paying fans, the samba schools marched all night into a stunning blend of military precision, wild imagination and sexual energy.

Thousands upon thousands of performers turned the runway into a river of sequins, feathers, physics-defying floats, g-strings, and flesh oiled up to shine in the bright lights . The Escola de Samba Independente , Acadêmico de Tatuape , Escola de Samba Vila Maria and several other colleges colored the night with exceptional display of arts and culture .

In the Sambodromo, it’s a dream and that’s the whole point,” said Ana Paula , a medical doctor who passed the night dancing the tunes of Samba

The carnival , according to Saopaulo local government authorities , brings about $2 billion in extra revenue to Saopaulo city daily

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