
To discourage agglomerations, the 2021 edition of Carnival was canceled for the most part, with many Brazilian states even lifting the official public holidays normally placed on Monday and Tuesday before Lent. Initially postponed for July, Rio’s Carnival, host of the most important samba parade in the country and the most famous worldwide, was officially canceled in January 2021. For the first time in over a century, the famous Brazilian city will not celebrate its most cherished festivity.