Yes! In Rio, more than anywhere else in the world, we have samba! In several parts of the city, in various different days and times, there are options for all types of audiences and tastes. You can find traditional samba, fancy samba, seasonal samba, weekly samba, free samba, expensive samba, samba at night, during the day… There is samba and more samba in the Cidade Maravilhosa.
In addition to the Samba da Ouvidor (mentioned in another post), there is another samba on the list of Cariocas’ favorite: the Samba do Trabalhador (or Worker’s Samba). As the Ouvidor one, it is also free and highly traditional. It takes place in the port area of the city, in the famous Pedra do Sal, a historic place, which, during the colonization times, served as a place of delivery of salt shipments and also as a slave market.
Besides the samba, Pedra do…