Lost Images Reveal the History of Rio’s CarnivalRafael Cosme was at a Rio de Janeiro antique fair six years ago when he found a pile of film negatives on the ground.
It is Rio’s annual collective exhalation — a four-day eruption of art and music, costumes and joy — that began again on Saturday.
“I realized there are endless stories I could tell about this city,” Mr. Cosme said about his discovery of Rio’s lost photos.
Around that time, Rio’s rich elites began parading around the city during Carnival in open cars, according to Maria Clementina Pereira Cunha, a historian who has written books about Rio’s Carnival.
Today the parade remains the centerpiece of Rio’s Carnival, held in a dedicated stadium built in 1984.
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