(3 Mar 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro – 2 March 2025
1. Various of performers on top of Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school Carnival float
2. Performers in costume marching
3. Various of performers on float
4. Performers on top of the float
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Lenilson Leal, Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school president:
“What the world of samba will see today is a truly deserving school to be where we are. We will not let you down, you can be sure of that.”
6. Flag bearer performing
7. Various of performers and float
8. Performer on a float
9. Various of performers
10. Various of performers and float
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro – 3 March 2025
11. Various of Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school drummers
12. People watching parade from overpass
13. Float passing by
14. Crowd watching parade
15. Performers including Simone Tavares dancing on float
16. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Simone Tavares, 36, Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school performer:
“You need responsibility, commitment. It’s like a second home, but for me it’s actually my first (home), because I’m at Imperatriz more than my own home.”
17. Baiana performers
18. Various of performers and float
19. Various of performers
20. Float releasing smoke
21. Top shot of Carnival parade inside Sambadrome
STORYLINE:
Four of Rio’s top samba schools took center stage on the opening night of Carnival parades on Sunday.
The Brazilian city’s famous Sambadrome was filled with color and sound as glamorously dressed performers topped elaborate parade floats.
The Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school was back in the top league after almost 60 years years away.
“We will not let you down, you can be sure of that,” the school’s president Lenilson Leal said.
Together with the second school, Imperatriz Leopoldinense, they brought themes heavily inspired by the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé, telling stories of deity’s and important figures like Iyá Nassô, the founder of one of the oldest Candomblé temples in the country.
Last year’s champions Unidos do Viradouro were the third school, followed by Estação Primeiro de Mangueira in Sunday’s final slot.
Previously spread over two days with six schools per parade, the ‘special group’ now extends over three days, featuring four schools each night.
Rio’s Sambadrome has been home to the parade since the 1980s, and is a symbol of Brazil’s Carnival festivities.
AP video shot by Mario Lobão and Lucas Dumphreys
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