\u201cOpen Sesame, minha gente!\u201d<\/p>\n
Inspired by the fantastic stories of the Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin, Ali Baba, et al, this is the tale of Z\u00e9 Malandro, who, straight from the backstreets of Rio de Janeiro finds himself lost in a world of exotic spices, colourful silks and Islamic astrology.<\/p>\n
Intricate geometric patterns, hourglasses and magic lamps lead the imagination to desert sands, oases, nomads and minarets, viziers, genies in bottles, flying carpets, scimitars, djinn, beautiful princesses, riddles, and hidden treasure\u2026<\/p>\n
Theme by Chris Bicourt<\/p>\n
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Costume designs by Marianne & Nicola of Vortex Creates.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n No Rio Sou Malandro e na Persia Alibaba<\/a> from London School of Samba<\/a> on Myspace<\/a>.<\/p>\n No Rio Sou Malandro e na Persia Ali Baba Abre- te s\u00e9samo eu quero entrar Terra do samba e pandeiro Um pedido ao genio entreguei (hoje tem festa na areia)<\/p>\n Hoje tem festa na areia Sambou, cantou, e no bixo jogou Este ritmo alegre vem apreciar English translation by Maxine Shorto<\/strong> Open sesame I want to come in Land of samba and pandeiro I asked the genie Today we have a party on the sandy beach Ali Baba danced samba, sang a song Come to appreciate this happy rhythm <\/p>\n <\/p>\n No judging took place this year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pictures and video of our performance at 2011\u2032s Notting Hill Carnival can be seen in various press articles.<\/strong><\/p>\n Guardian<\/a> This picture of our friends from Papagaio who were a part of our parade has appeared in lots of articles: You can even see more images from last year’s carnival that were used in articles in the build up to this year’s event. Synopsis \u201cOpen Sesame, minha gente!\u201d Inspired by the fantastic stories of the Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, Aladdin, Ali Baba, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":1505,"menu_order":72,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1554","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.londonschoolofsamba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.londonschoolofsamba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.londonschoolofsamba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.londonschoolofsamba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.londonschoolofsamba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archive.londonschoolofsamba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17592,"href":"https:\/\/archive.londonschoolofsamba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1554\/revisions\/17592"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.londonschoolofsamba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.londonschoolofsamba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMusic<\/h4>\n
\nComposed by Xavier Osmir and Paul Rumbol (Paulinho do Cavaco)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\ncheguei da Persia \u2013 o \u2013 para lhe apresentar
\na poesia que vai encantar
\nquarenta malandros e Ali Baba<\/p>\n
\no Rio de Janeiro e de arrepiar
\nexaltando o carnaval Brasileiro
\nodaliscas descem o morro pra sambar<\/p>\n
\na lampada esfreguei
\num sonho meu realizei
\na lapa que e nostalgia
\nromance e boemia
\nvamos festejar!<\/p>\n
\nquem quizer pode chegar
\npra cantar com alegria
\ncurta o som da bateria
\nque a unidos vem tocar<\/p>\n
\ne com a malandragem se encantou
\ndancou o Tico-Tico no Fub\u00e1
\nde Carmen Miranda e provou
\num gostoso Quindim de Iai\u00e1
\ncantigas com sabor de samba,
\ne toda gente bamba querendo provar<\/p>\n
\no balan\u00e7odo samba vai contagiar
\nchora cavaco \u2013 toca o pandeiro
\nsou Z\u00e9 Malandro, sou do Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n
\nIn Rio I am Malandro and in Persia I am Ali Baba<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nI have arrived from Persia to introduce
\nthe poetry that will enchant
\nthe forty thieves and Ali Baba<\/p>\n
\nRio de Janeiro gives me a heartbeat
\nGlorifying the Brazilian carnival
\nThe odalisques coming from the favelas to dance samba<\/p>\n
\nI rubbed the lamp
\nand my dream came true
\nIn Lapa the town of nostalgia, romance and bohemia
\nWe are going to celebrate<\/p>\n
\nYou are welcome to join in
\nTo sing with happiness
\nEnjoy the sound of the drums
\nthat Unidos de Londres will play<\/p>\n
\nand played the forbidden lottery (Jogo Do Bixo)
\nHe danced the Tico-Tico no Fub\u00e1 dance
\nthat Carmen Miranda invented
\nand ate the delicious Quindim de Iai\u00e1
\nMusic with the flavour of samba
\nthat everybody wants to try<\/p>\n
\nThe swing of the samba is bringing excitement
\nPlay the cavaco – Play the pandeiro
\nI am Z\u00e9 Malandro, I am from Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n
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\nNotting Hill Carnival Results<\/h4>\n
\nPress<\/h4>\n
\nDaily Mail<\/a>
\nMetro<\/a>
\nPicture 7 in this gallery on sky news’ website.<\/a>
\nPictures 3 & 4 in this gallery on www.shinystyle.tv<\/a>
\nPictures 22, 23 & 25 in this gallery on LBC radio’s website.<\/a>
\nDemotix<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBelfast Telegraph<\/a>
\nExpress and Star<\/a>
\ntalktalk<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMetro<\/a>
\nGuardian<\/a>
\nItalo Europeo<\/a>
\nLondon Evening Standard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"