A une semaine du Carnaval, la fièvre s’est emparée de Rio et les écoles de Samba ne désemplissent pas. Samedi soir nous sommes allé à Mangueira, une école de Samba au coeur de la ville, pour danser avec les ¨Passistas¨ et écouter la ¨Bateria¨ jouer toute la nuit. L’occasion de profiter de la convivialité et de l’exubérance des Cariocas, encore une fois à la hauteur de leur réputation.
Stanislas Flamant, France
Last ensaio at Mangueira for our Japanese student Saaya. Carnival is arriving soon and our student Saaya is almost at sambódromo dancing for Mangueira. She would dance as passista for Mangueira next carnival. We went to enjoy the last ensaio at Mangueira for her before carnival as we discovered with our other students how a samba school is.
We had samba, caipirinha, smiles, bateria, rainha, fun and lots of Portuguese talking. Our students danced with other passistas of this Escola de Samba that is the oldest one and one of the most important in Rio.
It was the last opportunity to enjoy this wonderful show until next carnival season. We will miss Saaya and Mangueira after carnival.
See a video of the night with the wonderful Mangueira passistas!:
