Dreaming of glory at Rio’s carnival, far from elite parades

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. Remnants of donated props and floats from parades past lie around the space under a viaduct that doubles as a driving school parking […] The post Dreaming of glory at Rio’s carnival, far from elite parades appeared first on Digital Journal.