Brazilian costume maker dancing on air after Asakusa carnival return

Maria Rodrigues, a Tokyo-based costume maker, was one of several Brazilian performers who joined Tokyo's Asakusa Samba Carnival this year, with the event returning in all its glory after a scaled-back version was held last year in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.On a street lined with 480,000 spectators, the Sept. 15 carnival marked 43 years since the event's launch, with Rodrigues, who wore a skirt adorned with "solar panels" as part of her team's "electricity" theme, dancing to high-octane Brazilian samba music as she passed the landmark Kaminarimon gate of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa.The…READ FULL ARTICLE