Marquês de Sapucaí should receive 72,000 to 75,000 people this Friday (22), on the return of the samba schools of the Special Group of Rio de Janeiro, after a year of stoppage due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
From 10 pm, Imperatriz Leopoldinense, Mangueira, Salgueiro, São Clemente, Viradouro and Beija-Flor will pass along the avenue.
The president of the Independent League of Samba Schools (Liesa), Jorge Perlingeiro, said that the associations will guarantee a show for the public.
“I was surprised by the quality and level of excellence of the barracks. I think we can expect a Carnival with a lot of luxury, beauty, wealth, creativity. The people are eager after two years without seeing the show and the schools are giving back”, he told the CNN.
Imperatriz Leopoldinense will honor the carnival artist Arlindo Rodrigues. Mangueira will honor three icons of the school: the composer Cartola, the interpreter Jamelão and the master-sala Delegado. Salgueiro will highlight important points in the city that are symbols of the heritage of black culture.
São Clemente will take to Sapucaí a tribute to comedian Paulo Gustavo, who died last year from complications from Covid-19. In a parallel with what Brazil is experiencing today due to the pandemic, Viradouro shows the feeling of Carnival after the Spanish Flu epidemic passed through the country, in 1919. thought” in the fight against racism.
About 24,000 people should parade at Marquês de Sapucaí, according to Liesa. Each association has a minimum of 60 minutes to perform and a maximum of 70 minutes. Every minute more or less than required generates a 0.5 discount. Among the mandatory requirements are the need for at least 200 percussionists on the drums, 60 baianas and four to six floats.
If the public follows each school with a look of enchantment and passion, 45 jurors are distributed by Marquês de Sapucaí to rigorously evaluate each criterion. There are five for each of the nine items: drums, samba-enredo (lyrics and melody), harmony (interplay between rhythm and singing), evolution (if the dance progression happens according to the samba rhythm and the drum cadence ), plot (creation and artistic presentation of a theme or concept), allegories and props, costumes, front commission and master-room and flag holder.
Golden Series Parades
A study released by the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro shows that approximately 20,000 workers work at the Sambadrome per day, considering only the credentials issued. About 65% are from service providers, such as food, organization of cabins, security and cleaning. The press concentrates almost 13% of the credentials. City Hall servers represent another 20%.
This year, the municipality added almost 500 street sweepers per night, 71 health professionals in seven medical posts, 3,000 agents from the Municipal Public Order Department and Municipal Guard, in addition to traffic operators, Sanitary Surveillance inspectors, teams for the distribution of wristbands. identification for children, among others. The numbers still do not consider the dozens of street vendors that work around the Sambadrome.
According to a survey carried out by the city of Rio, gathering all the public involved, there are more than 100,000 people on one day of the parade, which exceeds the number of inhabitants of 94% of cities in Brazil.
The survey also indicates that, in 2020, Carnival generated BRL 4 billion in the carioca economy. In a year of complete revelry, with parades and blocks, the resources used in the four days of the festival are equivalent to the entire volume generated by the beaches of Rio de Janeiro throughout the year.
With the cancellation of the blocks and the slicing of the date, Carnival is expected to move BRL 2.8 billion in 2022, according to calculations by economist Gabriel Pinto, coordinator of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. (Unirio).
Source: CNN Brasil
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