Articles tagged with: Rio
Best moments of Brazilian soccer with Canal 100
During over four decades, all movies screened in the country were preceded by two video magazines, normally many months old – Cinejornal, created by documentarist Primo Carbonari, and Canal 100, produced by Carlos Niemeyer. The …
The best of four editions of Rock in Rio, the world’s biggest rock festival
The city of Rio hosted four editions of Rock in Rio, the biggest rock and pop festival of the planet: in 1985, 1991, 2001 and four months ago. In between, four editions happened in Lisbon …
Listen to 2012 Carnival sambas
Rádio UOL produced a podcast with 27 sambas enredos that will be the soundtrack of next Carnival parades both in São Paulo and Rio. Among them, Beija Flor’s “São Luis – Poema Encantado do Maranhão”, …
The best of Rio in a weekend
What is a poor tourist to do when he/she has less than 48 hours to explore one of the most fascinating cities in the world? Follow one of these three “Rio in X Hours” guides …
Great Carnivals of Joãosinho Trinta
Joãosinho Trinta, the former ballet dancer who reinvented Rio’s Carnival, incorporating luxurious elements and extreme creativity to the popular parade…
Amazing footage of Rio in the 30s, the 40s, the 50s…
You may question the narration and its predictable cliches and prejudices, but these historic footages are true gems.
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