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Samba: The Making of Brazilian Carnival by Guillermoprieto, Alma, 1949- is a book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Samba: The Making of Brazilian Carnival about?
For one year, Alma Guillermoprieto lived in Manguiera, a village near Rio de Janeiro, to learn the ritual of samba—the sensuous song and dance marked by a rapturous beat—and to take part in Rio's renowned carnivale parade.
- Author
- Guillermoprieto, Alma, 1949-
- Publisher
- New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780394571898
- Subjects
- Folklore, Anthropology, Humanities
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