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Rio de Janeiro: Carnival Under Fire

Writer and the City series

Drawing on Rio De Janeiro's past, this work shows that even in periods of comparative calm, there has always been a palpable excitement in the air - the feeling of a carnival under fire.

Subject
travel
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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