(12 Feb 2024)
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Rio de Janeiro - 11 February 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Top shot of Sambadrome during carnival parade
2. Various of traditional “Baianas” performers
3. Various of samba school performers
4. Samba school performers dancing
5. Various of Beija Flor de Nilópolis samba school float
6. Performer singing
7. Mid of another performer singing
8. Various of float
STORYLINE:
Six of Rio de Janeiro's 12 top samba schools performed during the carnival parade on Sunday evening.
Thousands cheered as colourful floats and dancers paraded through the Sambadrome.
The first school, Unidos do Porto da Pedra, comes back to the top league after 10 years, brought a theme inspired by Spanish mathematician Jerónimo Cortés’ work “Lunario perpetuo.”
Following, samba school “Beija Flor de Nilópolis” told the story of Rás Gonguila, from the northeastern city of Maceió.
He claimed to be a direct descendant of the last emperor of Ethiopia, and founded the popular carnival party, a reference in carnival festivities, becoming an influential personality in the state.
Six more schools will parade on Monday.
Rio's Sambadrome has been home to the parade since the 1980s, and is a symbol of Brazil's Carnival festivities.
AP video by Mario Lobão and Lucas Dumphreys
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