The Latin American country of Brazil has announced the postponement of next year's samba festival due to coronavirus. The traditional carnival parade was scheduled to take place in February in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event, popularly known as the 'Samba Festival', has been postponed indefinitely, organizers said. The BBC reported this on Friday.
This festival attracts millions of visitors every year. Members of various local samba schools took part in it. They had earlier warned that it would be difficult to organize a festival this time as there was no effective vaccine for coronavirus.
Brazil is one of the countries most affected by the global epidemic. The virus has already been detected in more than 4.5 million people in the country. The number of people who died due to corona infection is more than 1 lakh 36 thousand.
Samba League Laiser president George Castanheira says their schools will not have enough time to host the festival in February. "We are looking for an alternative solution," he said. We can only do that if something feels safe. But we are not sure about a new date right now. "
This announcement, however, does not apply to locally organized street samba parties. When there is an official carnival parade, many people hold such events at the same time. However, it is not yet certain whether such an event will be allowed this year.