After two long years, a flood of dancers and drummers reclaimed the iconic beach city's"Sambadrome," its dedicated carnival parade venue, which had been turned into a drive-through vaccination center at the height of the health crisis.
"Carnival is life. You can see the happiness on people's faces after two long years staying home and missing it," Ms Vieira, who has been parading for 20 years, said. All participants and the 75,000 attendees expected each night are required to present proof of vaccination. Each samba school in the competition has 60 to 70 minutes to tell a story in music and dance, to be evaluated on nine criteria by the jury.
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