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Word: mangueira (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most stunning show, come into their own then, singing and prancing their way past the reviewing stands of judges, who choose the winner. A total of 43 escolas de samba are taking part this year, and the larger ones, like the Estacāo Primeira de Mangueira-last year's champion, named after a stop on a suburban rail line-bring 7,000 participants into their act. While the poor flood into the limelight, the rich and the middle class either leave town or amuse themselves at exclusive balls. Individual tickets for the Municipal Theater Ball, the poshest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: Annual Vibrations | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

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