Rio de Janeiro (AP) – If you were on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, it probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, a cocktail, which is sold by hawks, chairs that are swollen through the sand.
Now it can be harder to find unless sellers have the right permits.
Mayor Eduardo Paes announced a decree in mid -May, establishing new rules of the city quay, saying that he wants to preserve the order of the city, the safety and the environment of society, and to encourage the peaceful tourist -residents’ relationships.
New measures will have to take effect on June 1, and they will ban food and beverage sales, chairs rent, speakers and even live music in kiosks without official permits. In addition, beach huts will only be allowed to have a number, not the frequent names that many are currently known.
Some have favored the step to decide what they perceive as a chaotic activity on the beach, but others say the decree threatens Rio’s dynamic beach culture and the livelihood of many musicians and local sellers that may be difficult or impossible to obtain permits.
The transition to regulate music on the banks of Rio on the banks of the Rio was especially shocked by the nerve.
“It’s hard to imagine Rio de Janeiro without Bossa Nova, without samba on the beach,” said Julio Trindade, working as a DJ in kiosks.
Music restrictions are “silenced by the soul of the shore. It hurts the spirit of democratic, musical, viable and authentic Rio,” the report said, which owns more than 300 kiosks.
Is it possible to stop or replace?
Some are looking for ways to stop the decree implementation, or at least modify the live music without permission. But there is little benefit so far.
The non -profit institute of Brazilian Citizenship, which defends social and consumer rights, filed a lawsuit last week, seeking to suspend articles restricting live music, stating that the remedy is detrimental to free economic activities. The judge ruled that the group is not a legitimate party that is a complaint, not a profit -making organization, appeals to the decision.
Last week, the Rio Municipal Assembly discussed the draft law aimed at regulating coastal, including beaches and paths. This supports some aspects of the decree, such as restricting reinforced music on the sand, but not the requirement that kiosks have permits for live musicians. The proposal is still needed to be officially voted, and it is unclear whether this will take place until June 1.
If it is approved, the bill will be preferred for the decree.
According to the Rio Town Hall report, the economic beaches of Rio, with the exception of kiosks, bars and restaurants, generate about $ 4 billion (about $ 710 million) each year annually.
Millions of foreigners and locals strike the beaches every year, and many enjoy sweet corn, fried cheese or even bikini or electronic devices that sellers sell on the sandy sand.
Dani Balbi, a member of the local council, withdrew from the draft law on social media.
“What is the point of hosting big events with international artists and abandoning people who create culture every day in the city?” Last week, she said Instagram, with Madonna’s huge Lady Gaga concerts earlier this month and last year.
“Forces kiosks, remove their business name and change it by numbers that damage the identity of the brand and the loyalty of customers who use the place as a link,” Balbi added.
Anger, fear and sadness
News of the decree that aimed to fight unregistered hawks provoked the mediators of anger and fear.
“It’s tragic,” said Juan Marcos, 24, selling shrimp on sticks on Copacabana’s beach and living in a nearby favela or low-income in the city community. “We are insanely in a hurry to bring some income to the house. What will we do now?”
The Town Hall does not give enough permits on the Hawkers Beach, said the 50s. Maria de Lourdes Do Carmo, who runs the movement of the United States Sellers, is known to its acronym Muca.
“We need permits, but they are not given,” said Lourdes Do Carmo, known as street vendors Mary. The city authorities did not respond to the number of permits given last year.
Following the outrage, the city government emphasized that some rules had already been valid on 21 May. In the message. The Town Hall added that she was talking to all the affected countries to understand their requirements and consider changes.
Maria Lucia Silva, a 65 -year -old Copacabana resident who walked back from the seaside with a pink beach chair at hand, said she hoped that the Town Hall was working.
“Copacabana is the neighborhood of the elderly (…). No one pays a very high property tax or absurd rent for such a huge mess, ”said Silva, killing noise and pollution on the beach.
Rebecca Thompson, 53, came from Wales and visited Rio again after last five weeks’ trip, The Frenzy is part of the charm.
“There is vitality, energy. I have always been a strong sense of community and acceptance. I think it would be very sad if it happened,” she said.