The Rio de Janeiro carnival honors the Yanomami and their struggle. Samba schools, historically linked to social criticism, have also dedicated their parades this year to young victims of police violence and racism.
In the parade there were characters dressed as garimpeiros (poached gold miners) with rifles emitting sparks, a bulldozer devouring the jungle, skulls with military berets or a float with the statue of an indigenous man who was dyed of blood. A few days before the carnival, the actor Leonardo Di Caprio, a supporter of the indigenous and environmental cause, shared Salgueiro's samba on his networks.