Brazil's sexy Carnival puts Pentecostal mayor in tight spot

[Judi Lynn]

Brazil's sexy Carnival puts Pentecostal mayor in tight spot
Peter Prengaman, Associated Press Updated 1:39 pm, Thursday, February 23, 2017



RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — While campaigning last year to become Rio de Janeiro's mayor, Marcelo Crivella, a retired Pentecostal bishop, insisted his faith would not get in the way of governing the nation's most famous city.

The former gospel singer and missionary, a high-profile member of one of Brazil's most powerful evangelical churches, captured 59 percent of the vote and took office Jan. 1. But less than two months into his four-year term, Crivella's promises are about to be tested by Carnival, Rio's annual weeklong party often marked by heavy drinking and drug use, wild sex and round-the-clock dancing.

The mayor's office signaled this week that Crivella may not participate in the festivities starting Friday.

That has many wondering how involved he will be, if at all. Would Crivella handle the traditional presentation of the city's key to "Rei Momo," or king of the party and carnal delights? Could his picture be taken at a popular samba school alongside voluptuous women wearing next to nothing?

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[Warpy]

1. If he's smart and wants to keep his job

there will be a lot of pictures of him around women wearing three feathers and a smile.

Carnaval makes Mardi Gras look prepackaged and tame.