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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, 28 January 2025
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1. Various of revellers from the "Unidos de Padre Miguel" samba school dancing and singing the music they will perform in the parade during carnival
2. People playing drums
3. Woman dancing
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4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Lenilson Leal, 58, Unidos de Padre Miguel President:
"When the community is going through a tough time, this is where they come, and we do our best to help. Our focus is 100% on social support. We can’t help everyone.”
5. Aerial of people gathered in front of Unidos de Padre Miguel warehouse ++MUTE++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, 7 February 2025
6. Worker at “Unidos de Padre Miguel” samba school’s warehouse working on float
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7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Luana Borges, 42, Unidos de Padre Miguel worker and performer:
"When Carnival season comes around, the samba school gives opportunities to people who are unemployed, like me. I was out of work, but now that Carnival is here, I’m working as a decorator. Unidos de Padre Miguel gave me this chance."
8. Various of prop designer putting together carnival costumes
9. Various of people working on carnival costumes
10. Man working on float
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, 28 January 2025
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11. Revellers singing
12. Aerial of people gathered in front of Unidos de Padre Miguel warehouse ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Carnival season always breathes life into the local economy of Rio de Janeiro’s Vila Vintém favela – but particularly this year, after its Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school was elevated to the top Carnival league after 57 years, meaning much more money from the city to put on its parade.
For the residents of Vila Vintém, an impoverished area in Rio’s west zone, the samba school has become a support system and refuge, meeting the basic needs of the community.
"When the community is going through a tough time, this is where they come, and we do our best to help," says Lenilson Leal, 58, current president of the school that was founded back in 1957.
He says the support varies from food distribution, to children’s parties, to assistance with funeral expenses.
Carnival also offers a boost in the form of both temporary and permanent jobs for seamstresses, blacksmiths, painters, and artisans who work on costumes and build the floats.
"When Carnival season comes around, the samba school gives opportunities to people who are unemployed, like me," said Luana Borges, 42, a performer and now worker at Unidos de Padre Miguel.
"I was out of work, but now that Carnival is here, I’m working as a decorator," she says.
This year, the samba school pays a tribute to Africa, women and the Afro-Brazilian faith Candomble.
AP video shot by Mario Lobao.
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