Sensual, liberated and irrepressible: When it comes to Carnival, Brazil Remains the World’s Superpower.

by Patrice de Bergeracpas February 29, 2020

February 29, 2020

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The Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro are simply a unique cultural phenomenon. Samba Schools do not teach Samba!

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A samba school (Portuguese: Escola de samba) is a dancing, marching, and drumming (Samba Enredo) club. They practice and often perform in a huge square-compounds ("quadras de samba") and are devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an African-Brazilian dance and drumming style. Although the word "school" is in the name, samba schools do not offer instruction.[1] Samba schools have a strong community basis and are traditionally associated with a particular neighborhood. They are often seen to affirm the cultural validity of the Afro-Brazilian heritage in contrast to the mainstream education system,[2] and have evolved often in contrast to authoritarian development.[3] The phrase "escola de samba" is popularly held to derive from the schoolyard location of the first group's early rehearsals.[2] In Rio de Janeiro especially, they are mostly associated with poor neighborhoods ("favelas"). Though mired in poverty, their street productions are ambitious, luxurious, well planned and impeccably executed. A triumph of collective will. The artistic visions spellbinding and inspiring. It's grand escapism alright, but a lot less malignant in content than the fare manufactured by Hollywood. CODA One of the greatest tributes to Brazil and her carnival came from French director Marcel Camus via his film Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), filmed in Rio in 1959 with Afro-American actors. His final scene, Samba de Orfeu is an hymn to life, the innocence of youth and the ability of humans to overcome the most horrendous circumstances. The sun rises, like a beautiful feat of magic, and life goes on.

THINK!

^5000The mainstream imperialist media lie CONSTANTLY. Literally 24/7. And it's getting worse.

All of them do it: radio, tv, the newspapers, the movies. The internet. No exceptions.

The corporate Big Lie is pervasive and totalitarian. CBS does it. NBC does it. ABC does it.

CNN does it. FOX does it. NPR does it. And of course the NYTimes and WaPo do it.

Thousands of "diverse" voices telling you the same lies. Enough to convince anyone.

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