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Samba returns to the streets of Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Oct 13 (EFE).- (Camera: Janaina Quinet) Seven months after the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, samba returns to shake the streets of Rio de Janeiro, a city that has fully committed to the "new normal" despite the high rates of contagion.The "samba wheels" have resurfaced in recent days in the "Cidade Maravilhosa" after receiving the green light from the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, which last week took another step in its de-escalation process.FOOTAGE OF RIO DE JANEIRO.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:YURI MELO SANTOS"In addition to recovering our economy, some of our Carioca traditions return, the culture. People can enjoy entertainment because they could not bear to be at home anymore."EDUARDO SILVA"I never put samba aside, even when I was at home, in isolation. I listened to it at home so as not to feel nostalgia for some parts of Rio de Janeiro that I visit (...) But when listening to it live, the wheel, the energy is different ",JULIANE CANARIO RODRIGUES"Samba is the hope that the pandemic took from us and the highlight of Brazilian culture. At that moment when we sing again, even slowly, we bring hope back that we will overcome the pandemic.""The carnival is a cultural entity, it is the bloom of samba."