L'heure du carnaval à Rio, entre féérie et politique

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Vibrez-vous pour la rouge et blanche? Pour la verte et rose? Ou bien votre coeur bat-il pour la bleue et blanche? Les prestigieuses écoles de samba défendront leurs couleurs dimanche soir dans "le plus grand spectacle de la Terre": le carnaval de Rio.  "Jour de grâce", chantait Candeia, l'un des grands de l'histoire de la samba, dans une chanson poignante consacrée à ce rendez-vous annuel. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 Are you vibrating for red and white?

00:02 For green and pink?

00:04 Or is your heart beating for blue and white?

00:07 The prestigious samba schools will defend their colors Sunday evening

00:11 in the biggest show on earth, the Rio Carnival.

00:14 Day of Grace, sing Candelilla, one of the greats of samba history,

00:19 in a song dedicated to this annual rendezvous.

00:22 Day of joy and faith.

00:24 It will be the communion of nights in a row, Sunday and Monday,

00:28 in the chaudron of the Sambodrome.

00:30 It will be the enchantment of the monumental chariots,

00:32 the dancers in sparkling costumes,

00:35 and the power of the drums, the rhythmic sections to awaken the dead.

00:39 But through the ferry, it is Brazil, its history and its identity that the schools will speak.

00:45 Artistic and social research fields go hand in hand at the Carnival,

00:49 explains the AFP Vivian Pereira,

00:51 member of the independent study group Quilombo do Samba.

00:54 "Samba schools are attentive to social, political contexts,

00:58 and they use their space, from which they will pass on the avenue marked by their puke,

01:02 to express themselves on these themes," adds this young passionate woman.

01:06 To the program, exaltation of unknown black figures,

01:09 or very well known as the singer Alcyone,

01:11 evocation of traditions plunging their roots in Africa

01:14 but also honor given to indigenous communities.

01:17 The Salguero School will celebrate the vision of the world of Yanomami,

01:20 people of Amazonia facing a serious humanitarian crisis

01:23 caused by the incursions of illegal orpahs.

01:26 Lula after Bolsonaro

01:28 With the return to power last year of the left-wing leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,

01:32 the general tone seems overall less offensive than it was

01:35 during the four years of Bolsonaro's term in office.

01:38 The Carnival is full of complaints, while the former president of the far right,

01:41 who never hid his little sympathy for this culture,

01:44 is more than ever threatened by justice.

01:47 It leads a vast investigation into a presumed coup attempt

01:50 that Bolsonaro's camp would have set up

01:53 to conjure up his electoral defeat in 2022.

01:56 Samba was invented a century ago by the descendant communities

01:59 of African slaves led by force to Brazil.

02:02 Since then, it has been the emblem of the popular culture of the country and of Rio.

02:07 Day of Graces, Day of Clash too,

02:10 six schools will parade the first night, the other six the next,

02:13 a course supposed to last for each from 60 to 70 minutes.

02:17 All have been preparing for a year to snatch the title of champion.

02:21 Their fate will be decided by the jury on the basis of precise criteria,

02:25 quality of the allegorical charts and costumes, choice of theme or choreography.

02:29 Day of Reais too, the Carioca festivities must generate 5.3 billion reais,

02:34 a billion euros, for the economy.

02:37 Advertising is giving it a lot of joy.

02:40 A beer brand has drawn a collection of cans

02:43 in the colors of each of the 12 rival schools.

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