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Oleg Kaponik’s virtual tour of Rio de Janeiro lets you explore Brazil’s Marvelous City from any number of elevated vantage points.
The (minimal) text is in Russian — but the page is easy to navigate: Use your arrow keys to get around, and the SHIFT and CONTROL keys to zoom in or out of the picture.Once you get the hang of it, you can drop in on Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, or catch a glimpse of the Christ the Redeemer statue as it peeks out through the cloudsover Corcovado Mountain. Now, if we could get these Russians to invade our air space . . .
For the brave men and womenof our military, and for lesser mortals everywhere, here is the spicy Brazilian dance ensemble As Leoas doing what they do best.
A few words from this Brazilian forro tune:
Quero ver quem me segura
no swing louco.
Quero ver quem embola, rebola na emboladeira
Quero ver quem bota pra quebrar.
Quero ver quem dança balançando a swingueira.
Olha quem tá dentro quer ficar.
Olha quem tá fora pode entrar que tá gostoso
Começou enão pode mais parar.
Mexe, que remexe... remexe, swing louco.......
Screen shot of the As Leoas Emboladeira Brasileiras!