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Carnival Rehearsal with the Children of Projeto Tô Ligado and Cordão de Boitatá

One of the largest of the street bands (known as “blocos”) that plays in Rio city centre during carnival season is called Cordão de Boitatá. This band comprises around 50Continue reading “Carnival Rehearsal with the Children of Projeto Tô Ligado and Cordão de Boitatá”

Bindu Mathur

Bindu Mathur was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada and worked for 10 years in London as a TV producer/director, making science and history documentaries for the BBC, Discovery and Channel 4. She also made videos for international NGOs and has filmed in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America. Resident in Rio de Janeiro since 2007 she is the owner of the award-winning Casa Beleza B&B in Santa Teresa, where she lives with her husband and two children. She is a long-time collaborator with Favela Brass including making films for the project. Her children also studied at the project.