This was the Brazilians response to Iraq returned American soldiers who consider the carnival to be a hot spot for Sex tourism. The Brazilians feels that the spectacle is not all about sex, they see it as a celebration of the body, closer in spirit to the Olympics than to a strip bar. The carnival is definitely not just a massive sex party.
However, opportunities to indulge abound along Copacabana beach for all. Sexual imagery is a part of e samba schools, and thousands of revelers who dance skin-to-skin on the sidelines. The atmosphere is of merrymaking, drinking and indulgence.
Roberto Da Matta, a retired sociology professor and author of Carnivals, Rogues and Heroes said:
Here, nakedness doesn’t only lead to sexuality, it leads you to aesthetic appreciation. A woman is dancing but it’s not pornographic. It’s a collective experience of reconsidering bodies, like at the Olympic games.
Government distributed condoms before the carnival as a precaution against unprotected sex. Experts credit the Brazilians’ openness about their bodies and sex for helping to contain the Aids epidemic in South America’s largest country.
Source: Stuff
