O carnaval está vivo [Carnival is Alive]. (2004, February 21). O Globo, Segundo Caderno, 10.
In the short film Os Devotos do Samba (The Devotees of Samba), by Maria Cláudia Oliveira (screened this week at Casa de Rui Barbosa), we see civil society gradually reclaim the streets after the military dictatorship ended. This showed up in Carnival: street Carnival groups (blocos) have become the city’s main attraction, with their democratic celebration drawing locals and tourists who prefer mingling with the people rather than joining the elite at the Sambadrome.
Had Rio’s Mayor Cesar Maia been thinking about civil society, he could have used some of the considerable money he always seems to have at his disposal to support neighbourhood associations and underprivileged communities in creating decorations and lighting that truly reflected the spirit of the city.
(Translated. wih AI)
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