Information about carnival in Brazil

Brazilian children wearing panda helmets

China's Cultural Charm at the Carnival in Brazil

20 10, 10 On February 4th, a string of fireworks just flew in the air, showing dazzling sparks in the night. Wave after wave of drums beat and echoed on the brightly lit carnival parade avenue. The audience in the stands stood up, waving their hands, twisting their bodies, singing samba songs and dancing samba obsessively. At 5 am, the carnival parade in Porto Alegre, the capital of southern Brazil, lasted for more than six hours, and finally ushered in the long-awaited Restinga Samba Dance Company. Restinga is a famous samba dance troupe in the south of this city, which has won the title of carnival parade many times. With the theme of "China", they express the charm of Brazilian samba with China cultural elements, adding a beautiful landscape to the Brazilian Carnival. Sure enough, Restinga showed extraordinary momentum as soon as she appeared. More than a dozen leading players, all dressed in white, with long black and white feathers on their shoulders, constantly changed their formations as they marched, showing the audience the ancient concept of China's "Eight Diagrams of Yin and Yang".

Followed by a "Golden Swan" float. "Swan" is the symbol of Samba Dance Company. In front of the glittering swan, which is more than 5 meters high, an actor of China Jinhua Wu Opera Troupe stood on a semi-circular platform, holding a gold stick and striding steadily. When he turned his head, he changed his face in different colors to show the Brazilian audience the art of changing faces in China's plays. Shu Jianping, Cultural Counselor of China Embassy in Brazil, told the reporter that in 20 13, Zhejiang Wu Jinhua Troupe was invited to send a performance team to join the carnival performance in Restinga, and they brought face-changing and dragon dancing to cheer for the carnival parade in Brazil.

There are five large floats in Restinga's parade, representing the Forbidden City in China, the Great Wall in Wan Li, the Treasure Boat of Zheng He, the Buddhist Temple and the Oriental Pearl. The Forbidden City Tower is resplendent and magnificent; The dragon boat of Zheng He's voyage to the West is magnificent; The Shanghai TV Tower decorated with neon lights is very beautiful. There are also four large clay figures on the Great Wall float, and 40 Brazilian samba girls with red fans stand on the Great Wall, singing and dancing.

Before the parade, we visited the float workshop of Restinga Samba Dance Company. Workers are making final preparations for painting, installing decorative cloth and debugging the lights of five floats. Float art is one of the indicators to measure the performance strength of samba dance company. The production of floats should be artistic and innovative. Every samba company's float production is strictly confidential, and only when the float goes to the carnival performance avenue can people witness its respect. Robson, the head of Restinga Samba Dance Company, told Qiu, China's ambassador to Brazil, that in order to express the theme of "China", they sent creative personnel to visit China in 20 12 to learn about China culture and inspire artistic creation. Since September 2009, the design and production of floats have started. There are 1800 performers in the parade square of Restinga Samba Dance Company, accompanied by floats. They all wear all kinds of gorgeous clothes and colorful crowns. They are singing the theme song "Since Pangu opened the world ... took me to the road to China", and they have come all the way. 20 13, Restinga Samba Dance Company adopted a large number of China cultural elements in costumes and crowns, such as wide sleeves, high collars, gold-plated hats, colorful embroidered edges in ancient Chinese costumes, and China's "flying dragon" and "panda" patterns, which are refreshing. Finally, the Dragon Dance Team of Zhejiang Wu Jinhua Troupe came. Nine China actors waved long dragons, sometimes holding their heads high and roaring, sometimes rolling, full of joy, joy and vitality. When the long dragon walked there, the audience there burst into warm applause.

When Restinga Samba Dance Company finished the course, it was dawn in the east and the sky was dim. After the parade that lasted for one night, many spectators were still not tired. When they saw the reporter from China, they shouted excitedly, "Rest, great! Take a break, champion! "

Jose Fugosa, mayor of Porto Alegre, also told this reporter from the stand box that the word "China" became a world buzzword in 20 13. "We are very proud that China Art participated in the carnival parade in Porto Alegre." He also told reporters that Porto Alegre is one of the model cities promoted by the Shanghai World Expo. From the Carnival in Brazil to the Shanghai World Expo, the relationship between Brazil and China is really getting closer and closer.