BRAZIL: Rio's famed Gay Gala kicks off as organizers begin for daunting task of choosing winning samba group

Record ID: 278086

  • Title: BRAZIL: Rio's famed Gay Gala kicks off as organizers begin for daunting task of choosing winning samba group
  • Date: 1st March 2006
  • Summary: VARIOUS OF MAN DRESSED IN MEDUSA COSTUME (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) UNIDENTIFIED REVELER, DRESSED IN MEDUSA COSTUME, SAYING: "This Gay Gala is a very special reference to the movement towards the affirmation of truth." MAN IN MEDUSA CONSTUME DANCING
  • Embargoed: 16th March 2006 12:00
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  • Location: Brazil
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz
  • Reuters ID: LVAE86VBCOXS55MV9HQ5VMJIH1E3
  • Story Text: Rio de Janeiro's famed Gay Gala got underway on Tuesday (February 28) at the La Scala theatre as Carnival celebrations wrapped up ahead of Ash Wednesday.
    Wearing colourful costumes, thousands of scantily-dressed tourists and Brazilians kicked off the Gay Gala, the highlight of Carnival celebrations following the end of the samba schools parades through the Sambadrome.
    "This Gay Gala is a very special reference to the movement towards the affirmation of truth," one participant dressed as the mythological Medusa, said.
    Although all Carnival festivities end on Ash Wednesday, organizers begin the daunting task of deciding which samba school will win.
    Judges are expected to choose from Rio's 14 top samba groups who paraded through the Sambadrome for 80 minutes for a crowd of some 70,000 spectators and broadcast live across the country.
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