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Brazil: And the samba school winner is…

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 @ 19:43 UTC

by Paula Góes

Countries:: Brazil
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Music, Entertainment
Languages:: Portuguese

Beija Flor is the winner of this year's title of best samba school of Rio de Janeiro's carnival, reports Thiago Velloso [pt]. “The audience was shouting ‘twice champion' even before the school started the parade”. There is a plugin in this blog for those who want to hear this year's song.

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