Interesting Green: Samba dancers - Brazil Carnival

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PHOTO: Luma de Oliveira
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PHOTO: Luma de Oliveira
We love: Older women leading the Brazil carnival.
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Youth is almost a religion in Brazil, so it is truly a paradigm shift in attitude when the hotly contended position of carnival queen goes to not one but two women in their mid forties this year. (Sharp intake of breath from Brazilian media, who gossip on the selections for weeks beforehand).

PHOTO: Luma de Oliveira
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The carnival, which begins in February, has 12 samba schools, each of which will position a ‘queen’ at the front of their drummers and dancers to lead them into merriment. It’s always the most gorgeous girl in the school who’s chosen, often it’s a celebrity or soap star, so to have two women in their forties chosen by the most famous samba schools in the parade, has caused a right old stir.

PHOTO: Luma de Oliveira
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Luma de Oliveira Pics
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PHOTO: Luma de Oliveira
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PHOTO: Luma de Oliveira
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PHOTO: Luma de Oliveira
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PHOTO: Luma de Oliveira
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PHOTO: Luma de Oliveira
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PHOTO: Luma is muse of the Carnival
POSTED at 13:23 on 29 January 2011
Sorry to the others, but there is only one Queen of Carnival, Luma de Oliveira. And nothing more fair than she was announced as the new muse of Brahma Box in 2011. More than acknowledged. Luma will occupy the post of Paola Oliveira, Marina(Portuguese to English translation)

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PHOTO: Samba dancer, Luiza Brunet, performing in the Sambodromie, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 6 march 2011

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PHOTO: Luiza Brunet, school Imperatriz Leopoldinense, dancing on Sambodromie, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 6 march 2011

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PHOTO: Luiza Brunet We love: Older women leading the Brazil carnival.
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PHOTO: Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2011

Drum Queen Luiza Brunet of the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school participates in the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome March 6, 2011.
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According to a report in The Times this week, Brazil’s elder stateswoman of fashion is Joyce Pascowitz, who said “It’s interesting that women over 40 are serving as examples of beauty”. About time, we say, perhaps they’ve been reading The Women’s Room in Brazil?

PHOTO: Luiza Brunet
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The chosen ladies are Luiza Brunet 46 and Luma de Oliveira, 44 who are both veteran carnival performers and as you can see from their pictures seem in excellent shape. Although we don’t envy them the job, look at the size of those headdresses and dancing, in very high heels, can go on for days.

PHOTO: Luiza Brunet
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PHOTO: Drum Queen Luiza Brunet of the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school participates in the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome March 6, 2011.

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