ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that by politicizing carnival art, the parade representing the community of Morro do Tuiuti led the debates on the coup d’etat that has been in power in Brazil since 2016. This was done by denouncing anti-democratic barbarism in theme of the parade and highlighting the continuing slavery. The chapter provides a brief history of the samba schools and their intersection with political events in the national history preceding the Paraíso do Tuiuti carnival, and finally reflects on the censorship of its last parade on the Saturday of the Champions. It explores slavery in the contemporary political context. At the end of the parade, the political denunciation is revealed in the names of the wings: Social captivity, Rural slave labour, Warrior of Consolidation of Labour Laws, Manifestoches and Workers of Brazil. The political impact of Paraíso do Tuiuti parade was felt on the occasion of the second performance when the neoliberal vampire was presented without the presidential sash.
