After a period of repression at the beginning of Rafael Greca's (DEM) administration, in which public investment fell by half compared to the previous year, under the Gustavo Fruet (PDT) administration.
If the traditional carnival doesn't inspire much motivation to leave the house, the best thing to do is to invest in other aspects. In recent years, Curitiba has increasingly invested in alternative events to Carnival, in a variety of musical styles and audiences.
So the city hall Curitiba has once again invested in carnival, both as a cultural manifestation and as a source of resources for the city.
Carnival Investments
In 2017, the amounts allocated reached R$477,000. The following year, they returned to the level of R$1 million and now reach the figure of R$1.5 million.
The money is invested in several ways: through public notices, for samba schools and blocks, but also in the form of infrastructure.
The money invested will be used to support advertising, security and cleaning, including the installation of chemical toilets.
Perhaps not like in other regions of the country, where parades and street parties draw crowds to the rhythm of samba, axé and marchinhas. Of course, in addition to the street parade and pre-Carnival street parties.
According to Beto Lanza, who is from the Curitiba Cultural Foundation (FCC), the focus here is on the right to cultural expression and also on the opportunity to be seen.
Thus, Carnival offers the rest of the country a place that awakens a diversity of options during Carnival, boosting the economy and bringing arts to everyone.
The increase in available resources comes in the wake of the appearance of more blocks, both in the pre-carnival and during the official festivities period.
According to Beto Lanza, although this emergence is spontaneous, the city hall seeks to identify public investment in the demonstrations and offer support to those who accept this formalization.