On Saturday, Rio’s famous Floating Christmas tree was lit for the first time after a two-year absence from the city’s holiday festivities. Graced with more than two million lights, the tree will be lit each evening through January 6th:
FLOATING CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS UP RIO’S NIGHT SKY
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Rio Esporte Arte (Rio Sport Art) brought five murals to Rio de Janeiro during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Well the organization is back to make the Cidade Maravilhosa even more vibrant with three more murals that will soon cover the facades of the hospitals of the National Cancer Institute (INCA). Read on for details of Rio Esporte Arte’s upcoming project (which is expected to utilize 500 spray cans and more than 200 litres of paint):
RIO ESPORTE ARTE BRINGS THREE NEW MURALS TO THE CIDADE MARAVILHOSA
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Tomorrow, November 20th, is Black Consciousness Day, and it is on this day that Brazilian Street Artist Panmela Castro will unveil a three-story high mural that beautifully reflects the sisterhood of shared pain. Read on for more on the mural (and where you can view in in-person), which Castro calls “Dororidade.”
PANMELA CASTRO: “DORORIDADE” AND THE SISTERHOOD OF SHARED PAIN IN RIO
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Twenty-two years ago Marcio Mizael Matolias, also known as “The Sand King” or “King Marcio” built a 10-square-foot sand castle on Rio’s Barra da Tijuca beach. Then he decided to move into it. Permanently. You have to read this story to believe it:
THIS MAN HAS BEEN LIVING RENT FREE IN HIS OWN SAND CASTLE FOR 22 YEARS
Photo by Michael Baird on Unsplash
