Paes made the announcement after a meeting with representatives of the musical Corsicans (‘blocos’) that participate in the carnival. The parades of the samba ‘escolas’, which take place in a more controlled environment within the Sambadrome, for the moment remain until the end of February.
“The street carnival, by its very nature and democratic character, makes any type of inspection impossible”Paes added.
It is the second year in a row that the pandemic forces the suspension of Rio’s street carnival, a succession of open-air parties behind ‘blocos’ that run through the city dragging crowds, scheduled between February 25 and March 1.
Seeking a more controlled environment, he proposed to hold events during February in three different spaces in the city, Paes said.
But that proposal was not accepted by the blocos. “They agreed to make a counterproposal,” he explained.
“We do not have identification with the proposed places, such as the Olympic Park, which is far away and has no relationship with us like our neighborhoods,” said Rita Fernandes, president of the association of ‘blocos’ Sebastiana, representative of several of these groups.
On Friday there will be a new meeting to try to reach an agreement, to which the ‘blocos’ will take “a more decentralized proposal,” he explained.
“We are very sad, but since it is not possible, we adapt to science. The carnival will not pass without celebration”Fernandes assured.
Last year’s event, the last before the pandemic, some 7 million partiers participated in street parades, the largest of them up to a million people, according to the Mayor’s Office tourism agency, Riotur.
After the arrival of the omicron variant and due to the Holidays, several cities in Brazil register an increase in coronavirus cases, including Rio.
Source From: Ambito
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