The inauguration of the new President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, had an impact on all areas of journalism, including the world of celebrities and even carnival. The beginning of the country’s “new phase” was accompanied by insults from the influencer and Bolsonarist Antonia Fontenelle addressed to the First Lady, Janja, last Sunday (01). His speeches reached the members of the samba school directly Empress Leopoldina, which published an open letter on social networks this Monday (02). “That thing there, folks, is Imperatriz Leopoldinense’s old school clothes, because it’s a neutral school, sausage water, it doesn’t fall and doesn’t rise,” explained the Youtuber.
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“We at Imperatriz Leopoldinense learned on the morning of this Monday, January 2, 2023 that Mrs. Antonia Fontenelle, Account Owner ladyfontenelle In the Instagram, expressed through his messages on social networks with complete disrespect for our club. We emphasize that in its more than sixty year history, Imperatriz Leopoldinense, with full dedication to building what is called the biggest popular show in the world, is a founding association of LIESA and holds eight titles in the special group. The total disregard for our pavilion was evident in Mrs. Antônia Fontenelle and disrespectfully struck our community, our fans and our members, especially our Galeria da VelhaGuarda, ladies and gentlemen, who for decades have devoted part of their lives to the good of art, culture and devote it to samba”, the samba school began.
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“In light of what has happened, the Presidency of Imperatriz Leopoldinense, together with its Board, its components and its community, calls on this institution to honor Dr. Antônia Fontenelle for any purpose or function in the samba school parades. His lack of decency towards a club is having an impact on everyone else involved in the show,” the statement concludes.
In the caption of the publication, the school also mentions its importance in the history of the carnival and invites Janja to be its godmother in the 2023 parade, our community, fans, components and consequently the whole world of samba. We demand respect for our sixtythree year history in favor of Brazilian folk art and culture. Faced with this, the Empress, founder of LIESA and eighttime champion of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival, today sent a letter to the League and to Riotur, urging those who do not know and publicly disregard the oldest and most legitimate traditions of Rio de Janeiro Janeiro’s exuberance is beyond appreciation, personified by the components of an old guard. Following the attacks on the First Lady of Brazil and our association, we publicly invite dear @janjalula to perform as the godmother of our oldschool gallery in Carnival 2023,” the publication reads.
Sister of the Empress in the carnival title dispute, the United by Tijuca She also commented on social networks: “Imperatriz Leopoldinense, holder of eight titles of the Rio Carnival, is one of the pillars of the cultural movement that moves Rio de Janeiro and the whole world. It was a pioneer when it created the culture department in 1967, with the idea of welcoming and nurturing future artists from this movement, which is extremely important for our country. We, from Unidos da Tijuca, reject the insults inflicted on him. We wanted to show our support and say that together we are fighting for respect for our movement. Count on our association.”
Whoever also entered the controversy in favor of the Empress’ position was the willow tree said: “A good education dictates that we should RESPECT older people because they are naturally endowed with more experience and wisdom. Not respecting the velha guarda of a samba school means, in addition to bad manners, revising a legacy that was built on the basis of struggle and resistance in order for the greatest show on earth to take place on the scale it has. More than that, it is ignorance. Our support to Imperatriz Leopoldinense, recognized as one of the most important samba schools of the Carnival, and to all the members of its Velha Guarda, who, as in all our communities, are the custodians of our people’s MEMORY.”