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Covid-19 did not stop Carnival revelry. União 10 de Dezembro won online edition

Even without an audience and in virtual format due to covid-19, the revelry and brilliance of Carnaval reached the homes of Angolans. Aiming to demonstrate that the new coronavirus would not be an impediment, the revelers took the stage and danced without constraints. In the end, the shine turned to the União 10 de Dezembro group, from the urban district of Maianga, which conquered the first place of the competition, in class A.

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The exhibition time and the number of people per group was limited, but not even that prevented the groups to go up, this Tuesday, to the stage of the TPA Production Center to parade.With live music and a total of 20 people per group, the revelers, despite competing among themselves in search of the prize of two million kwanzas, united as one in honor of the commander of the União 10 de Dezembro, Pedro Vidal, who died in June last year.

The prize was eventually awarded to União 10 de Dezembro, which won the parade with 166 points. The group, led by Albino Vidal, Pedro Vidal's son, shone more brightly than the other competitors, having thus conquered the two million kwanzas prize, reports Angop.

União Jovens da Cacimba (Maianga) came in second place with 165 points. União Sagrada Esperança won the third place, with 164 points. The two groups will receive 1500 million kwanzas and one million kwanzas respectively.
According to Angop, in class B, which also took the stage this Tuesday, União Domant was the big winner, having conquered 178 points. The runner-up was União Operário Kabocomeu, with 177, followed by União Kwanza, with 173 points.
These awards are an incentive to the groups, who accepted to participate in this atypical edition of the Carnival, but that does not count for their curriculum.

The União 10 de Dezembro has in its curriculum four victories in the Luanda Carnival (1991, 1999, 2002, and 2006).

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