With flicks of the wrist, Rio Carnival’s drum maestros keep everyone locked in on the beat
Subtle hand signs coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of Rio de Janeiro’s glitzy Carnival parades.
With just a flick of the wrist, watch how Rio's drum maestros keep hundreds to the samba beat
Many say the heart of every Samba School is their drum section. To keep it pumping in the right tempo, Mocidade Samba ...
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With flicks of the wrist, Rio Carnival's drum maestros keep everyone locked in on the beat
But for many samba fanatics, drums are the beating heart of the party. And the maestro’s hand swings, flicks, twists and pointing transform potential cacophony into transcendent synchrony.