More recently, several Rio samba schools supported Marcelo Crivella, a pastor of the evangelical right, in his successful 2016 campaign for the mayorship of the city. "There are well-known samba schools that exalted Brazil during the military dictatorship (1964-1985)," he says. Samba has not always been associated with left-wing ideas, says Wagner Pralon Mancuso, a professor of political science at the University of Sao Paulo. We were extremely attacked during the Bolsonaro mandate," says Douglas Williams, a 30-year-old nurse with an LGBTQ flag wrapped around his head. "We came here to cheer on the only president who valued us, black people and minorities. "By coming here, he (Lula) returns to his popular base," says Joao Diamante, who grew up in a Rio favela.ĭiamante, a chef, said he was able to study gastronomy thanks to the university scholarships put in place under the Lula presidency for young people from low-income backgrounds. His main rival is far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, whose government is closely allied to conservative and evangelical movements often hostile to samba and its association with Afro-Brazilian culture and religions. She was among thousands dressed in red - the color of Lula's Workers Party - who turned out to listen to the former steelworker who is seeking a third term as president, already having served from 2003 to 2010. And Lula represents the people," says Karen Gama, a 24-year-old black Brazilian who attended the rally last week with stickers of Lula's Workers Party stuck to her chest and rear. "Samba is a way to resist oppression, it is the voice of the people. In a nod to the symbolism of samba's Afro-Brazilian character in a country of divisive identity politics, the leftist ex-president chose the Portela samba school for one of his final rallies before Sunday's first round of presidential elections.
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