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Raquel Poti barely stands five feet tall, but the diminutive stilt-walker used to tower over the crowd at Rio de Janeiro s carnival - whose cancellation due to Covid-19 has made her reinvent her art form to keep it alive.
Poti, 37, is one of the legions of Brazilian pernaltas, or stilt-walkers, who loom like colourful giants over the festivities at Rio s famed carnival, an extravaganza of parades and street parties that draws millions of revellers each year - except this year, when the pandemic forced the authorities to cancel it.
Poti fell in love with performance at age four, at an Epiphany festival.
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By AFP Published: May 13, 2021 05:43 PM
Members of the Estacao Primeira de Mangueira samba school perform in the 2020 Rio Carnival Parades on February 23, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: VCG
Raquel Poti barely stands five feet (152 centimeters) tall, but the diminutive stilt-walker used to tower over the crowd at Rio de Janeiro s carnival - whose cancelation due to COVID-19 has made her reinvent her art form to keep it alive.
Poti, 37, is one of the legions of Brazilian
pernaltas, or stilt-walkers, who loom like colorful giants over the festivities at Rio s famed carnival, an extravaganza of parades and street parties that draws millions of revelers each year - except in 2021, when the pandemic forced the authorities to cancel it.
Brazil carnival artist rises above pandemic on stilts
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12/05/2021 - 17:38 Raquel Poti is one of the legions of Brazilian pernaltas, or stilt-walkers, who loom like colorful giants over the festivities at Rio s famed carnival Carl DE SOUZA AFP 4 min
Rio de Janeiro (AFP)
Raquel Poti barely stands five feet tall, but the diminutive stilt-walker used to tower over the crowd at Rio de Janeiro s carnival whose cancelation due to Covid-19 has made her reinvent her art form to keep it alive.
Poti, 37, is one of the legions of Brazilian pernaltas, or stilt-walkers, who loom like colorful giants over the festivities at Rio s famed carnival, an extravaganza of parades and street parties that draws millions of revelers each year except this year, when the pandemic forced the authorities to cancel it.