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Brazil carnival artist rises above pandemic - on stilts

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Raquel Poti barely stands five feet tall, but the stilt-walker used to tower over the crowd at Rio de Janeiro's carnival -- whose cancelation due to Covid-19 has made her reinvent her art form to keep it alive.

Added on the 13/05/2021 22:14:52 - Copyright : AFP EN

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