Spoke with fellow KKP administrator and contributor Marcos V. some days ago, and by the way, the above is a shot of Rio de Janeiro from his camera. Of all the things that have been happening here in my frigid city and around the world, Marcos reminded me that another major event will be starting up once more from tomorrow on the 13th. And that is the annual Carnival in Brazil. Tomorrow also happens to be Friday the 13th so I'm not sure if there is any significance of that day coinciding with the start of Carnival.
Just by coincidence, I came across this song in the last number of days. "Rio no Carnival" (Rio's Carnival) is the latest single by singer Rio Azato（東里梨生）which was released just last month. A combination of Brazilian samba and Okinawan melodies, I was left somewhat surprised that I hadn't heard this natural affinity between the two types of music before. With the very upbeat feeling and the whoops and the cute cover for the single, I wonder if "Rio no Carnival" could even make for an ending theme of some anime. Words and music were provided by Shimon (Jaa BourBonz).
Azato herself hails from Ishigaki City in Okinawa, and with Yu Ishigaki（石垣優）, the two of them formed the pop and folk unit Yanawarabaa（やなわらばー）in 2003. The band lasted until 2020 after which Azato continued on a solo career path.
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