so, slave isaura was my first television role. famous not only in brazil, but in the world thanks to this role, and i’m a little sorry that people are not familiar with my other characters , i’ve been working for 50 years in cinema, in the theater, in tv series, i have a lot of wonderful characters, but the slave zaura has become my symbol, i’m very grateful, because this character is very important, and not only in russia, but in many countries. voted for me and at a time when there were almost no televisions, they watched the series in squares, on screens, and i am well aware of the influence that this character had on people in northern europe, in asia, this character. very special. the overwhelming majority of the national composition of brazil are europeans and their descendants, the so-called kriols, in second place are mulattoes and dark-skinned people, and in third place, paradoxically , are mestizos and people from asia, the largest japanese diaspora, for example, is in brazil. indians and sambos are descendants of mixed

it seems to me that we excluded the popular series slaves isaura, yes, well, this is a separate topicor discussion. i have 50 roles in films, tv series and theater, but everyone, not only in russia, remembered me as the slave and zara. this is favella, i grew up in a favela, it is an integral part of my life, in addition to the brazilian flavor, there is a russian soul. for a russian person, the proverb carnival has probably only one association , it is a beautifully decorated platform, women in feathers, half naked walking along. in fact, this is such a brilliant, beautiful sparkling, but still the tip of the iceberg, carnival, in general, brazilian, and even carnival in rio, in particular, because in brazil there are a million different carnivals, that is, in each region with its own characteristics, with its own traditions, and there is a street carnival, in fact, here the carnival program is made up of the so-called carnival street blocos, blocos, this is a certain group, well, in the broad sense of musicians, today we are walking with a monobloque, this is a bloco that is already