9 February - Friday
Rio Carnival in Brazil!
Carnival Rio (Rio Carnival) - the largest, colorful, emotional, bright, folk festival of Brazil.
This grand celebration takes place on a different date each year, which is associated with the Easter day. Officially the carnival begins in the previous Great Friday and lasts for four days until Fat Tuesday. And the next day after the official end of the carnival - in Ash Wednesday - Lent begins. But, as a rule, the carnival show goes beyond the officially fixed deadlines.
The carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a samba parade and a theatrical show held at Sambadrome in the city center for a huge number of spectators, where the most famous schools compete for the title of the winner. Each school demonstrates its ability for 80 minutes under the deafening drumming and singing of its own anthem, revealing the content of its presentation through costumes and dance. Competent judges evaluate the performance of each school.
Carnival in Brazil is a holiday for all its inhabitants. Even many local celebrities actively participate in its organization and conduct, not hesitating to demonstrate their semi-nude body. For this holiday they begin to cook here since childhood. And in the stores you can buy carnival clothes for children, starting with a one-year-old.
Carnival has long turned into a big income item, attracting tourists from all over the world. But, going to this magnificent holiday, it is necessary to remember the observance of personal security measures, therefore, tourists are advised not to leave the hotel with the amount in the pocket exceeding $ 20.
1893 Birthday of a striptease! in the famous Parisian cabaret Moulin Rouge. All the clothes during the dance before the audience were thrown off by the beautiful dancer Mona. For indecent behavior, the girl was arrested and fined 100 francs, which caused protest and riots in the French capital. Since then, this date is considered to be the birthday of striptease.
A kind of protostrip can be considered a cancan dance, which appeared in France half a century earlier. He began to perform in restaurants, cabaret and other places of entertainment. Both the cancan and the striptease were considered dances for decades to be extremely obscene, provocative and vulgar. Between performers and prostitutes put an equal sign. Originally in America a stripper was called "burlesque". In our time, striptease has become a phenomenon, quite acceptable society. Moreover, erotic dances have become an integral part of mass culture. Without episodes with a striptease of different levels of performance, many films can not be avoided.
Strippers, at least in the US, are considered as ordinary workers, such as a nurse or a salesman. They pay taxes, raise children. For many girls, performing at the pole is just a start in a career that has nothing to do with the demonstration of the body. A lot of them thus earn additionally for life and study.
Striptease is usually demonstrated in nightclubs. The classical element of a striptease is a pylon (pole), around which a stripper dances and strips. Strippers can go from stage to hall and kneel to visitors. A typical rule - visitors are forbidden to touch the stripper with their hands. Local and central authorities establish laws that determine how much stripper is allowed to bared. At the moment, dance on the pylon or pole dance is developing as an independent direction in the sport.
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