Looking Back to Rio Carnival 2009
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Brazil is known for its Latin prowess in football. It is also known for the Christ the Redeemer statue, cocoa, fashion and carnival. It didn’t disappoint even in 2008 as the crowd soared to a rip roaring 7, 00, 000.
“The kingdom has moved, my Rio has bloomed” put the whole atmosphere in a new light on Sunday. After a monopoly of the blocos on Friday the 1st and Saturday the 2nd, the Carmelites gave way to the dazzling beauties. The dresses or the acute lack of it added great touch to the reveling mood.
Rio is a city of aspirations and was made into Brazil’s capital by the Portuguese. It was only fitting that the pride of place went to them having spent two centuries here. The response to the acknowledging regal family of Portugal was awesome.
The samba dancers impersonated many occupations, leaving no one from the peasants to the nobles. The schools desperate to win the contest (they are judged on their dancing finesse) put their best foot literally forward.
The theme, it seemed was brotherhood or sisterhood with Japan. The girls smartly echoed the style of geishas and even fanned in their way. Angela Bismarchi, who has apparently nothing on show that has not faced the scissors, got her eye shrunk to look like Carmen Miranda., a dashing actress about 70 years earlier.
The crowd was ecstatic and remained wild for the defined period before Ash Wednesday. The police very commendably managed the berserk crowd as hooting continued. The blocos never let go off their musical instruments as the din settled to the raunchy scene.
The icing was a particular sequence where meals and crockery were made to dance. That sight ad the capacity to inspire people through Lent.
A dying man gets a final wish. A person getting set for 40 day abstinence called Lent gets this carnival.
