Carnival victory for Beija-Flor: Emotional homage to deceased director!

Carnival victory for Beija-Flor: Emotional homage to deceased director!

This year's carnival in Rio de Janeiro ended with a spectacular climax: the sambash school "Beija-Flor" was named the winner of the competition of the top schools. Their impressive appearance honored the late ex-carnival director and recalled the cultural traditions of the AfroBrazilian population. At the same time, the “Acadêmicos de Niterói” was able to celebrate the victory in the promotion class, which will secure a place as a top school next year. According to the tourism agency Riotur, over a million people flocked to the streets to enjoy the celebrations at summer temperatures, with the city administration expected a total of eight million visitors. The last "Blocos" end on Sunday, which have made the festival an unforgettable experience, such as Kleine Zeitung .

Viennese cultural history in focus

In a surprising turn, Vienna's City Councilor Veronika Kaup-Hasler presented the redesign of the controversial Lueger monument on Wednesday. Instead of pure thinking in the context of political correctness, a creative and artistic contextualization was presented, which is based on a draft of Klemens Wihlidal, which has been known since 2010. The monument is inclined by 3.5 degrees to symbolically point out that the glorified personality, which represents it, represents a problem. This approach is viewed as a step towards high -quality, contemporary use of Viennese history. This innovative concept clearly stands out from the foreseeable solutions, which have been encountered in recent years, reports The press .