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Rio's carnival fights against racism

Video. Rio's carnival fights against racism

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Rio de Janeiro's carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 hit Brazil.

Beija-Flor and Salgueiros samba schools parade for the first night of Rio's carnival and unveil themes dealing with racism or Afro-Brazilian culture and history, loaded topics in a country where the current president has faced numerous accusations of racism.

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