Article posted: 2/16/2013 5:00 AM

Rio teacher out to prove ‘gringos’ can samba, too

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Japanese performers from the Mangueira samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday. While non-Brazilians have long shelled out hundreds of dollars for the right to dress up in over-the-top costumes and boogie in Rio's samba school parades, few in the so-called "alas dos gringos," or "foreigners' wings," know how to dance the samba well, bopping along goofily in the parades and waving at the crowds of spectators.

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While non-Brazilians have long shelled out hundreds of dollars for the right to dress up in over-the-top costumes and boogie in Rio’s samba school parades, few in the so-called “foreigners’ wings” know how to dance the samba well. They tend to bop along goofily in the parades while waving at the crowds of spectators.