Fun and crisis as Carnival kicks off

Starting today until Ash Wednesday next week, Brazil will be commemorating its most traditional holiday: Carnival, the pagan celebration that has become one of its cultural icons. This five-day recess, however, does not mean that the crisis will cease to be on the minds of Brazilians. Actually, as they live in a developing country and have been through several economic crises over the last decades, Brazilians tend to believe that this is not the first, nor is it the last crisis they’ll face—so sit back and relax and make fun of everything, even the crisis. Well, until next Wednesday, that is. —with the contribution of Paulo Macari