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Festa de São Sebastião
Top 10 Live Acts
in Rio
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Jorge Ben
The patron saint of Rio is
honored with a series of
processions that leave from the
church of São Sebastião dos
Capuchinos in Tijuca and make
their way to the city center. Afro-
Brazilian celebrations are also
held at Santa Teresa.
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Jan 20
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Festas Juninas
The founding father of the
funky Rio sound plays live
every New Year's Eve.
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Roberto Carlos
Year-end festivities in Rio
would not be complete
without a show by Latin
America's most successful
recording artist.
These extensive religious
festivals are held throughout
June in homage to St. Anthony
and St. John. Locals dress up in
checked shirts, drink spicy wine,
feast on traditional food, and
dance to lively
forró
music from
northeastern Brazilian.
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Jun
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Festival Internacional de
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Orquestra Imperial
Made up of popular local
musicians, this dance-hall
samba,
or
gafieira
band, is a
Carnaval party stalwart.
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Chico Buarque
The political conscience of
his generation, Buarque often
plays in Ipanema and Lapa.
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Cidade Negra
Cinema do Rio
One of South America's largest
and most diverse film festivals,
this event showcases
independent films from all over
the world, with a special focus
on Latin America. Full features
and shorts are shown in cinemas
throughout the city.
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Sep-Oct
• www.festivaldorio.com.br
Brazil's top reggae band
regularly plays to huge
audiences over New Year and
during Carnaval.
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Sandra de Sá
The queen of Rio
samba
soul is famous for her covers
of classic Motown tracks and
is another festival regular.
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Martinho da Vila
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Anima Mundi - Festival
Internacional de Cinema
de Animação
One of the world's premier
celebrations of animation show-
cases work from mainstream,
independent, and avant-garde
film-makers the world over.
Every year, after it takes place in
Rio, it moves on to São Paulo.
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Jul • www.animamundi.com.br
Writer of many of the
official Carnaval parade
sambas
for the Unidos de Vila
Isabel
samba
school.
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Zeca Pagodinho
The king of Rio party
music plays an infectious
variant of
samba
called
pagode
(see p38)
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Seu Jorge
One of Brazil's biggest
music and movie stars who
made his name at the Circo
Voador
(see p83)
club in Lapa.
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Marisa Monte
)
Dia do Índio
This celebration commemo-
rates the first Inter-American
Indigenous Congress, which took
place in Mexico City in 1940.
Indigenous people from all over
Brazil participate.
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Apr 19
A trained classical
musician, Monte has become
one of Rio de Janeiro's
biggest international stars.
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