Carnival college ended 9-year fast and returned to the top of carnival
A Mocidade Alegre surpassed the green spot and won its 11th carnival title in São Paulo this Tuesday, the 21st. The title came after a tight dispute and was only confirmed in the last note, making Mocidade reach the 270 possible points. In its plot, the school told about Yasuke, the first black samurai in the history of Japan
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The achievement was highly anticipated by the school’s components, since the last title of the traditional association of Limão had been won in 2014. Therefore, the championship cup was received by hundreds of people with a lot of celebration in the Mocidade court.
The association’s president, Solange Cruz Bichara, tried to hold back her tears after the victory. “It was hitting the beam and now it’s gone”, she said, shortly before receiving the trophy from the hands of Mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB), still on the track at the Anhembi Sambódromo.
” I told our community that we needed to go in as a champion, pass as a champion and leave as a champion. The rest was up to the judges.”- Says Solange
According to the college president, emotion and union made the difference. She congratulated the exceptionalities of the carnival artist Jorge Silveira, responsible for choosing the theme Mocidade Alegre worked upon . “It worked really well,” said the President .
