Remnants of donated props and floats from parades past lie around the space under a viaduct that doubles as a driving school parking lot. The scene stands in stark contrast to the glittering spectacle ...

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In a faded rehearsal hall in the gritty concrete sprawl of northern Rio de Janeiro, samba dancers and drummers fine-tune their rhythms for a grassroots carnival parade few tourists have heard of.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remnants of donated props and floats from parades past are scattered around the space that lies under a viaduct and doubles as a ...

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – In a faded rehearsal hall in the gritty concrete sprawl of northern Rio de Janeiro, samba dancers and drummers fine-tune their rhythms for a grassroots carnival parade ...

In a faded rehearsal hall in the gritty concrete sprawl of northern Rio de Janeiro, samba dancers and drummers fine-tune their rhythms for a grassroots carnival parade few tourists have heard of.

One of Rio de Janeiro's top samba schools kicked off this year's Carnival with a lavish ode to Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, tracing his rise from rural poverty to superhero status among the ...