Fans of singer Ludmilla begin to fill Rua Primeiro de Março in downtown Rio early in the morning of this Mardi Gras Tuesday to honor the Fervo da Lud, which begins its parade at 9am. With a strong security system, the police are conducting metal detector inspections at all entrances to the road that the megablock will pass.
A group of three friends from Bauru, inland São Paulo, arrived early to follow the trio up close.
— We like Ludmilla very much and couldn’t miss the block. We arrived very early to be in a good place, practically together with street vendors and security guards jokes businesswoman Valéria Botero, 43 years old.
Valéria’s friend, manicurist Lúcia Guimarães, 50, says she approved the security system at the entrances:
“It makes us safer knowing that they’re searching everyone so they don’t bring anything that poses a threat.” We brought a cooler with water and cans of beer. They don’t let in glass he reported.