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3 unusual facts about carioca


Banda Uó

The funny lyrics and the Sabbag's video shoot direction, get the attention of Diplo, who was responsible for introducing Carioca's Funk to the international dance floor.

Carioca

Tom Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, João Gilberto, Toquinho, Elis Regina, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Gal Costa and Maria Bethânia are some of the singers who are inspired by carioca culture.

Famous cariocas in English language film include Brazilian "bombshell" Carmen Miranda (a Portuguese woman who grew up in Rio de Janeiro) and her famous fruit hat appearing first in 1943 as part of the costume of a singer named Dorita in the film The Gang's All Here.


Amanhã É Tarde

Amanhã É Tarde (Portuguese for Tomorrow's Too Late) is the fifth studio album by Brazilian band Fellini, and it was released in 2001 by independent carioca label Midsummer Madness.

Boavista Sport Club

In 1991, EC Barreira won the Campeonato Carioca Terceira Divisão (Campeonato Carioca Third Division), after beating Bayer of Belford Roxo city.

Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino

The Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino (Carioca Women's Football Championship, in English), organized by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FFERJ) is the women's football state championship of Rio de Janeiro State, and is contested since 1983.

Carioca Bowl

Carioca Bowl is a beach American football league based in Rio de Janeiro, Niterói and Saquarema, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Copa Rio

Taça Rio - A Rio de Janeiro (state) football (soccer) tournament, disputed simultaneously with Campeonato Carioca.

Estádio Independência

The attendance record is 32,721 spectators, set in the match between Minas Gerais and Guanabara (Carioca), won by Minas Gerais 1-0, and played on January 27, 1963, it was the first final match of the 1962 Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais, played by state teams.

Federação Brasileira de Escolas de Samba

Because the União Geral das Escolas de Samba do Brasil, then called UGES, was linked with the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), more conservative sectors of Carioca politics spurred the creation of FBES in 1947 with the goal of weakening the communists.

Lisa Ono

In 1998, Ono released the album Bossa Carioca, produced by Paulo and Daniel Jobim.

Nova Era da Stronda

Nova Era da Stronda is the first studio album of the carioca group Bonde da Stronda released on August 9, 2009 by the label "Galerão Records".

Portuguese language

# Carioca  — Not a dialect, but sociolects of the fluminense variant spoken in an area roughly corresponding to Greater Rio de Janeiro.


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