Revellers take part in the ‘Bloco da Lama’, a mud carnival party, in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, on February 22, 2020. — AFP pic
The event is shaping up to be especially political after a year under Bolsonaro, who has deeply divided Brazil with his attacks on just about every cause close to the carnival community’s heart: diversity, homosexuality, environmentalism, the arts. Mangueira entitled its show “The Truth Will Set You Free,” quoting — with a heavy dose of irony — a Bible verse often cited by Bolsonaro.
Those are likely references to Bolsonaro, a retired army captain, and Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella, a fellow far-right politician, who is a bishop in one of Brazil’s biggest evangelical mega-churches. “That has fostered a generation of young directors... who have very interesting, progressive ideas on creating carnival shows that are at once art, party and politics.”
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