One of the many pleasures/pains of living in Rio de Janeiro is living down the street from a samba school. Samba schools are associations or social clubs that represent a particular neighborhood. They can provide entertainment through popular dance nights and they also prepare for the annual competition in the samba parade associated with Carnaval. In Rio, these clubs are enormous (hundreds of members), have loyal and passionate followers and generate lots of joyful noise into the wee hours before daybreak. There was a samba school down the street from my hotel, Fortunately, I’m a heavy sleeper! When I did venture out, all you needed was a smile to be accepted into the fun.
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Wow. Certainly a side of you we have not seen. I have not had the great opportunity to visit Brazil but I am living it through you right now and it sounds a lot more exciting than I ever imagined. Keep on blogging!!
ReplyDeleteThe more I read about Samba the more I want to not only learn the Dance, but after this blog visit Rio. Your insight on the social aspects of these clubs seems a replacement for the very online social media we are involved with in the USA.
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