Carnival blocks begin to liven up the city of Rio de Janeiro this Sunday (8), at the opening of the unofficial carnival, an event led by the Disconnect of the Blocks movement, which was formed to be a free manifestation of revelers. The first presentation of groups that are not part of the Riotur calendar is intended to be a great meeting after the difficulties faced by revelers with the covid-19 pandemic, a period in which they could not take to the streets. Even without a recommendation from the city of Rio, as a result of covid-19, some of them took to the streets on the official date last year, which would be in February, and also at the out-of-hour carnival in April, when the samba school parades took place. . “It wasn’t Carnival as we were used to, but it was very interesting, even Boi Tolo put on a very beautiful parade. Now, we are sure that this is the right time to start resuming”, said, in an interview with Agência Brasil, Luis Otávio Almeida, representative of the Disconnect of Blocks and Cordão do Boi Tolo, one of the most sought after free blocks in the country. River. He hopes that revelers’ desire to have fun, dammed up in the pandemic, will be greater than in the years prior to the onset of the disease. Luis Otávio stressed that Carnival is a great therapy that the people do annually and that is dammed and, therefore, this year’s party should be very strong.” He recalled that the Boi Tolo has no set path, “destination, nor time to end”. Not even the rain forecast for this Sunday will get in the way: “rain always keeps people away a little. Even so, we are going to have a very interesting opening, because of this damming and because people want to let out their joy, ”he said. Until Thursday (5), 34 blocks had been confirmed, but Luis Otávio believes that until Sunday the list could receive more adhesions. Among those who have already decided to parade, in addition to the traditional ones, such as Boi Tolo, which usually attracts a large number of people in Praça XV, downtown Rio, scheduled for 4 pm, there is the brand new Bloco do Zeca, which pays homage to Zeca Pagodinho, who will leave for the first time with only songs by the singer and composer. The gathering will take place at 9 am at Rua Sacadura Cabral, 57, in the port region of Rio. At the same time, the Mistério Há de Pintar is scheduled to leave, in the external space of the Museum of Modern Art, in Aterro, central region of the capital. Manifesto The Disconnect of the Blocks prepared a letter, to be distributed tomorrow at the parades, in which it warns of the decadence of the center of Rio, considered the cradle of Rio’s carnival culture, which “has been happening for centuries, regardless of prior organization, the market or the public Power”. The movement sees the current scene of the party with concern, which it defines as agonizing and asking for help. “Rio de Janeiro, especially the historic center, which was once home to Tamoios and Temininós, was born as a Portuguese city in the tropics, it was the capital of the Viceroyalty of Brazil, of the Kingdom of Portugal, of the Brazilian Empire, of Brazil , from Guanabara and is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, became a meeting point for several African peoples who resisted oppression and were fundamental elements in the formation of our culture. This great cultural melting pot allowed the birth of the biggest popular festival on the planet in Rio de Janeiro”, says the document. According to the text, the process of degradation of the center, which has accelerated in recent years, is leading the area to desertification, which brings a total lack of security. “The elite, who haven’t lived there for a century, now seem to not even want the place to work. The people, so needy for housing, do not receive any incentive to return to the place. Without inhabitants, trade also agonizes”, says the manifesto, calling for attention from the three levels of government to the situation of the center, which will also be exposed in banners with messages about the region and requests for public policies to revitalize it. The document also protests against the “dismantling” by the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj) of the Buraco do Lume, the place of well-known and historic popular demonstrations in the region. “We find it strange that the Legislative Assembly has cleared the Buraco do Lume to favor the construction of a building, when the existing ones are increasingly empty. We need the center to come back to life without any square missing”, emphasizes the manifesto. Programming Praça XV 10:00 – Toques for Odudua 11:00 – Bloco da Insana (Stairway of the old Alerj) 16:00 – Boi Tolo 18:00 – Bloco To Be Wild Rua do Mercado (Beco do Boi Tolo) 10:00 – Lambabloco 11:00 – Butano na Bureta 12:00 – Balanço Zona South 1:00 pm – Our block 2:00 pm – What a pity, love 3:00 pm – Traz A Caçamba 4:00 pm – Percussaça Arco dos Teles 11:00 am – Bloconcé 12:00 pm – Warp Panties 1:00 pm – Pomba Idosa 2:00 pm – Batuquebato 3:30 pm – Ogodô’s Bikinis Invite Odara’s Sungas Buraco do Lume 11:30 am – Circonic Orchestra 1:00 pm – Round Women 3:00 pm – Caramuela 4:00 pm – Come Here, My Flower Praça Mauá 1:00 pm – Hungry Puppies 4:00 pm – Pyranhas do Nilo Aterro (near Marionetes Theater) 10:30 am – Fanfarrinha Morro da Conceição 9:00 am – Amores Líquidos Expedicionário Forum Square on Rua 1⁰ de Março 2pm – Maracutaia Alerj 5pm – Blonk Marechal Âncora 1pm – Besame Mucho Lapa Lampadario 1:20pm – Plant in the Mind Olympic Pyre 11am – Canários do Reino Sacadura Cabral 57 – Bairro da Saúde 9am – Bloco do Zeca 11am – Piratas Ordinários Cinel ândia 3pm – Orange Ball Rua do Carmo 3pm – Só Toca Bloco MAM – 9am – Mistérios Há de Pintar Megablocos The last outing of carnival blocks through the streets of Rio was in 2020, before the covid-19 pandemic – Fernando Maia/Riotur Among the associations with parades included in the official carnival schedule, followers of megablocos, such as Cordão da Bola Preta, are waiting for new moments of joy. The last official Bola Preta parade was in 2020 at the carnival before the pandemic. “Our expectation is that, having gone two years without Carnival, this year’s parade will be much larger in terms of public and animation than in previous years. We have no doubt of that. This can be a carnival with a lot of emotion and a lot of good things happening”, said Luis Otávio. Last year, Cordão da Bola Preta, which already attracted up to 2.5 million people in the traditional Carnival Saturday parade, did not take to the streets. He made only two presentations on the courts of the Viradouro and Mangueira samba schools, in addition to a mini-parade in Cidade do Samba, in the port region of Rio, in the City Hall’s schedule for the Sunday of the off-season Carnival and the expected São Jorge feijoada, on the April 23rd. “The presence of the revelers is exactly the fuel that makes Bola Preta go steady and strong. Bola Preta effectively needs this carnival to continue on its trajectory”, he added, noting that, in 2023, the parade is scheduled for Saturday, February 18, from 9 am, on Rua 1º de Março and on Avenida Antônio Carlos, in the center.
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