Rio Operário

CURADORIA

Antonio Edmilson Rodrigues Martins

The Rio Operário Gallery presents a panorama of the life, work, and struggles of workers in the city of Rio de Janeiro, mainly those from the textile factories that, from the late 19th century until the 1930s, occupied the city's landscape, forming neighborhoods, influencing ways of life, adding music and poetry to the city, and marking out urban spaces that gained the status of places of memory.

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Samba e carnaval operário

The wealthiest cariocas take to the streets in their calhambeques decorated with garlands of flowers. The poorest take the tram at the Praça da República armed with confetti and streamers and, at the Praça Onze, they organize for the festival nights, always with much dancing and batucada. The city seethes everywhere, the carioca body is in a state of boiling. But, is this festival for everyone?

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