Carnival in Rio de Janeiro: as it was back in 1953

The famous Brazilian carnival has a very long and eventful history. It was first held in 1614 and was, to put it mildly, not as frank and impressive as it is now. For more than a hundred years, this action in hot Brazil did not differ much from the most ordinary European masquerades.

But in 1723, the Portuguese moved to the Brazilian coast, as the event noticeably revived. The immigrants brought with them a bright and very immodest holiday called entrudo. They celebrated it before the beginning of Lent, requiring complete humility and abstinence from the usual pleasures. Therefore, the Portuguese believed that on the eve of the post it is worth taking a walk as it should. Perhaps, because of the excessive "violence" of their festivities, the monarch did not like the holiday and he banned it.

And in the 19th century, former African slaves arrived in Rio de Janeiro, who, too, despite all the hardships of life (and, perhaps, thanks to them), knew how to break away in full. Thus, at the beginning of the 20th century, the concept of the very legendary carnival in Rio was formed: a masquerade multiplied by entrudo and decorated with moving African dances, which eventually transformed into the cult samba for Brazil.

Let's see how foreign tourists and locals walked at the Rio Carnival of 1953!