2012年2月21日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Brazil


Religious Carnival bands use samba to prostyletize (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:57 AM PST

A performer parades atop a float of Unidos da Tijuca samba school during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. Nearly 100,000 paying spectators turn out for the all-night spectacle at the Sambadrome. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - RIO DE JANEIRO — The Carnival band kicked off according to tradition: Dozens of percussionists struck their bass drums, sending a low rumble like a sustained thunderclap echoing among the skyscrapers of Rio's downtown. Tambourines answered lightly, tinkling over the drummers' resounding call. Dancers responded with a roar, throwing up their hands, feet leaping to the frenetic beat.


Rio seeks relief from revelers' relieving themselves (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:10 AM PST

Reuters - An oil-led economic boom, hosting of the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, and a plunge in violent crime are making Rio de Janeiro, called Cidade Maravilhosa, feel like the "Marvellous City" for the first time in decades.

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