translated from Spanish: Rio de Janeiro carnival confirmed for 2022

The association that brings together the samba schools of the “cidade maravilhosa” confirmed on Thursday that the carnival of Rio de Janeiro, the most iconic festival in Brazil, will be held between February 25 and March 5, after having been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.” We will have carnival in February 2022, “announced Gabriel Oliveira David, marketing director of the Independent League of Samba Schools (Liesa), in a message published today in Twitter.La confirmation was given after the signing of the contract between liesa and the Mayor’s Office of Rio, which guarantees the parades of samba schools for the next four years. In 2021, and for the first time in 180 years, Rio did not have its iconic carnival, which was canceled to prevent further spread of the virus at a time when a second wave, stronger and more virulent than that of 2020, was beginning to hit Brazil, one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic that already leaves nearly 530,000 dead and some 19 million infected. The cancellation of the most emblematic party of the South American giant, in addition to erasing the smiles and silencing the streets of Rio, brought with it losses of more than 500 million dollars. To the lack of tourists was added the crossing of arms of the invisible professionals who year after year give shine to the carnival. Artisans, designers, carpenters, welders, seamstresses and mechanics: all were laid off. Also, the musicians and dancers of the samba schools, as well as merchants who imported ornaments, costumes and implements for the carnival. The entire chain of products, trade and services, felt the blow. For this year, the cost of income for the parades of the samba schools, the main attraction of the Rio Carnival, will range between 50 and 6,100 reais (about 9 to 1,173 dollars) in the tourist grandstands of the sambadrome.

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