Nigel Andrews writes about
"Samba as saviour"
The sensory breakdown known as samba. If samba, is God's invention for glueing together an unglued society, can samba save Rio?
"It is the only activity that violence doesn't penetrate. In sport you can have violence going on. But art is a celebration. You are showing something, enacting a representation of reality. No one is fighting to compete or win. It is about harmony and community."