Yesterday, on the last night of the Rio Carnaval parade, the Samba school União Da Ilha provided plenty of amusement with its UK themed parade. The build-up explained that the idea was to celebrate the Olympics being held in London this year and then being passed to Rio for 2016. As such there was much excitement in our household about which British stereotypes would be wheeled out – even the family dog couldn’t contain himself or at least that was my interpretation of the big poo he did on the kitchen floor five minutes before it started (some might say that was a bad omen).
Personally, I was hoping that they would go topical and depict a load of kids of kids in hoods burning police cars and looting shops. Unfortunately, União Da Ilha did not share my vision. Nevertheless they did not disappoint as they provided an 80 minute short course in the history and mythology of the UK – all presented in the form of Samba dance and music. So British! Continue Reading