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What did the Rio Carnival look like in the 50s and 60s?

What did the Rio Carnival look like in the 50s and 60s?

In honor of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival this month, Blind has unearthed photos of Marcel Gautherot, one of the few photographers to have captured this event in the 1950s and in the 1960s.

Carnaval de rua, homens fantasiados de mulher, circa 1951 © Marcel Gautherot/ Acervo Instituto Moreira Salles

Before it became the tourist phenomenon it is today, the Rio Carnival was above all a cultural tradition and four-day celebration of the ar...

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