Yet Copacabana remains principally a working city beach, its moods and rhythms dictated by its principle users – local cariocas. The Copacabana beach in Brazil in the earlier 20th century. Waves break as people gather on Copacabana beach. But more important is the culture of informality, especially marked in Copacabana, that beach culture has bequeathed to Rio. David Vieira Bispo, owner of Bar do David in the Chapéu Mangueira favela, Rio de Janeiro.

Source: The Irish Times August 25, 2018 04:52 UTC