Samba!
08/29/2005 @ 6:00 am
In case you missed it, Saturday was Samba day in Tokyo.
Samba dancers from Japan and other countries gathered for the Asakusa Samba Carnival parade where they strutted their stuff to drums and whistles before hundreds of thousands of spectators.
The Asakusa Samba Carnival parade has been held each year since 1981, when the mayor of Taito ward invited the winner of Brazil’s Rio carnival to Tokyo to put on a display.
These days, teams from Brazil are joined by more than 3,000 Samba dancers from throughout Japan for a day of wild dancing in the streets.
Click here for a photo collection from this year’s Samba Carnival, courtesy of Mainichi Daily News.
I watched the news on NHK international here, and it was featured on all the main Chinese-language news channels in Taiwan, too. I used to go to the Samba Parade every summer, too, when I lived in Tokyo. Great colorful parade, and even better with some cold brewskies and side dishes along the way. It seems to get better every year.
August 29th, 2005 at 12:40 pmah, japanese mardi gras.
August 29th, 2005 at 11:26 pm[...] ricas Japan, Brazil Global Roundups Though held in Tokyo, Japan, Japundit tells us Samba dancers from Brazil were invited to the capitol city for the 25th annual Asakusa Sam [...]
August 30th, 2005 at 8:37 amI think you should mention the company that used to handle the great shows they had at Asakusa Samba Carnival. Now the producer of those great shows owns CC Corporation!! http://www.CCcorpOnline.com
November 11th, 2005 at 4:42 pmLast year and this years shows at Asakusa Samba Carnival were missing the professionalism they used to have. The people at Asakusa need to get Celia Correia back in charge of the show!