sports dictionary Dance sports - CARIOCA

Dance sports CARIOCA (port. carioca, possibly from the name of the river or from the colloquial name of a resident of Rio de Janeiro) Brazilian group carnival temperamental dance. The pace is moderate or fast. Standing in chains, the dancers hold hands, sing, and sway their bodies back and forth. Couples dance with their foreheads or cheeks pressed together. Vigorous arm movements, hip swings. Similar to Brazilian samba. It has a connection with mashishi, rumba, foxtrot. Sample in the American movie "Flight to Rio", in the French movie "Ball". True, you have heard of Rio, of the hunchbacked Corcovado, and you dont need to be told about the sultry Rio… And about the colorful carnival, rushing like a herd, like an archangel in a scarlet squall, it is not necessary to repeat (N. Guillen. Carioca).