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High above Rio de Janeiro in an open
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door helicopter the city unfolds Like a
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Dream turquoise Coast Lines Stretch
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alongside dramatic Gran Peaks their fa
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dotted with lush Tropical greenery and
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the vibrant Colors of the
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favelas these informal settlements cling
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to the city steep slopes and are a World
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away from the posh Beach boardwalks
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andone they are iconic unor the Urban
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are home to aar of Rio popul yet they
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are place where brazili are too Afra to
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enter today We Are Going into which is
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the largest SL in South America and
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We're Going with V Who is A Native of H
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he lived here his entire Life and We're
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with as and they give us ins look this
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Side of Rio
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from an aial View You'll see areas
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carefully designed by Urban planners
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usually at the Bottom of Rio Hills and
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by the Sea meanwhile the steep hillsides
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are dominated by favas andal housing
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built One On Top of the other these
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communities are controlled by drug gangs
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Who Rule with an Iron and often violent
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Fist but they are also home to peaceful
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CREA and resourceful people fa are
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incred
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formal
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infrastructure as soon as we enter there
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a Nice maret here anding Everything from
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cles to food anything you Might need
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pretty Nice stu actually I kind want to
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do a proper Shop here people
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Ed find way to make
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money for exle our guide He is a Jack of
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All trades a boxer rapper House builder
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motorcycle Taxi Driver and more He is
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the perfect example of why you can't
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Judge a book by cover tattoos and all He
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is one of
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the Rio
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and você
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[Música]
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dia um desse aqui é só abrir oti com
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mais dois menino vai volt mais
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tard aqui
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braan
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hyle we do
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mom always said that we should do that
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get on the back of a motorcycle and
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Drive up to the favas in Rio de Janeiro
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when slavery was abolished newly freed
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afro Brazilians found themselves in need
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of housing they created the first
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favelas in recent decades Rapid
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urbanization brought waves of Rural
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migrants seeking a better Life to big
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Cities and as Rio de Janeiro grew
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favelas grew alongside it underlying
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this Story is poverty Brazil is a Land
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of Sharp economic divides Where the Rich
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are very Rich and the poor are very poor
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this contrast can be clearly seen in
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Rio's
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geography so in the favas you really
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have some of the best views in the City
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I would say It's One of the most
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beautiful views of Rio uh here we have
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thea Rain Forest which is one of the The
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Three largest replanted Urban rainforest
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in the world So what is this Over Here
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looks like there's like a Field and some
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interesting Fancy structures Over Here
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It's an american Private School yeah and
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the tuition It's like 000 per month so
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This is really characteristic of Rio
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then because you have jos The Biggest
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favella in South America and then One of
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the most expensive schools arguably in
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the world right here yeah I believe One
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of theol things about
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H and know the privil people are in
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right almost 30% of the R population
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come from the
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favas this A Million
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a
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come
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allers all the you know the black actors
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you know they done like a lot of movies
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like Seat of God
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and Squad which is the tropa so yeah
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it's a Seat of a big contrast This is
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true faas are cultural
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incubators music and dance Deep Roots in
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the faas as well as martial Arts
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literature and Cema including the award
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Winning film City of God some of
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brazil's Greatest Football players like
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P and Romario grew up in favas and then
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there's funk kioka or Bailey funk a
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musical genre that is irr
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danceable so funk is a genre that was
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invented in Rio and right now Little
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dances to funk on Tik are really pop
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as crianças que cresc na favela CR
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diferenciada porque a gente é obrigado a
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aprender a se virar desde criança eu
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desde criança assim igual ele já
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ganhando meu dinheirinho desde menzinho
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ia vender um guaracamp vender um picolé
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vender uma cerveja uma água ia PR praia
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aqui de Upanema no Leblon
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falando em dinheiro eu vi que tem muito
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dinheirinho nessa gaveta certo vai fazer
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o que com esse dinheiro a gente vai
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planejar uma pesta do pijama e investir
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para conseguir mais e mais a outra
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metade reinvestir em paçoca E aí vai
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girando dinheiro CONSEG Mais vamos falar
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de sonhos Sim qual o seu sonho o meu é
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ser jogador de futebol Legal tem alguma
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posição específico meio campo meio
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campo legal I também quer ser jogador de
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futebol Ah sim sim a Rocinha de longe é
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a comunidade mais segura PR
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você uma pessoa de outro local vi
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conhecer aqui é impossível de acontecer
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algo tipo com furto alguém vim agarrar
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sua bolsa telefone não existe aqui
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dentro a galera que respeita bastante e
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acredito que a galera bem educada e
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comigo vocês estão mais segur
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ainda com certeza cara se você ir al
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Ipanema lebl na
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o risco ass você não pode ficar com o
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teu iPhone 15 tirando foto al à vontade
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[Música]
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tourism brings in money so It's in the
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drug Gang best interest to keep Tourist
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Safe if Any locals dare mess with a
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Tourist there would be severe
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consequences so for the most part if you
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are with a local you are fine visiting
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hosia but remember this doesn't apply to
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all favelas in Rio most are still
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incredibly Dangerous to Visit but not
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necessarily because You'll Be robbed but
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because You'll Be in the wrong Place at
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the wrong time during a Territory War we
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Just Had a
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ood Time For
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All is a It's one the more traditional
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brazilian pastries Shaped like a teop
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and Deep Fried and stuffed with Chicken
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andat which is tye of cheese
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qu forma é importante pros Comerciantes
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locais aqui da comunidade para poder
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manter né eh o chato que tem algumas
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pessoas que vêm de certos lugares com
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uma intenção na intenção de fazer com
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mais ou menos o que você está fazendo
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Mas para divulgar informações negativas
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da comunidade para falar mal para falar
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de violência de crime de muitas outras
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coisas que não deixa de acontecer porém
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é muito isolado muito difícil vai ser a
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maioria aqui dos moradores acho que 99
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V 99%
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da população da comunidade é pessoas de
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bem que estão em busca de melhoria em
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busca de uma vida melhor digna que
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trabalha a parte que que é a parte
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escura de crime de tráfico tal é muito
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muito muito muito pequena uma parte
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mínima porém existe
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ra reality unfiled da Life you won't see
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every with Machine Guns drugs Being
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openly sold It's tru a surreal
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Experience so we Just walk some alle in
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Order to get here and it felt like we
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were in a movie it like we were in City
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of God I've only seen it on the big
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screen but Are Here now andan oh
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vou deixar minha filha mais rica poss
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for
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avaliada quero fazer uma renda sem
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lim pi pegão do me PI
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the position of the favas are obviously
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really interesting kind of Prime real
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estate like you get Amazing views all
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over but it does challenges to construct
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on these incredi Hill H
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Rio Constru We're getting a little peak
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at just How they do that favelas are the
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result of decades of improvised
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Solutions to Basic needs like
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electricity Running water and
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construction for example if you look up
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in hosia You'll notice a Complex Web of
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electrical wiring Without official
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infrastructure or service from utility
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companies residents had to get Creative
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tapping into the Main Power Grid to
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borrow electricity for their Homes The
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Ultimate jeo Brazil
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to and the of R fav are functioning
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self-sufficient cities with a City with
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their Own Economy and distinct way of
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life so far what we seen the favas you
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see the exterior of the houses and the
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facad and that's kind of What most
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visible but then you have a really
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Complex Web of alle and really steep
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stws that are kind hiden that's where a
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lot of Life Takes Place really
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interesting
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we are at v's home currently on his Roof
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and from here you can see
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All Might have the best vi in the City
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is pretty crazy and this area Over Here
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is Home to
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350,000 people so it's essentially a
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City Within a City are there any Special
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r aware
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[Música]
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tem o pingo de noção vai saber que tu
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não vai chegar na favela você não vai
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chegar com a câmera e filmar ninguém
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Armado Eu acho que essa é a única regra
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a única lei assim que
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é que é bem fundamental para para você
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ficar em segurança aqui dentro da favela
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e aqui é extremamente proibido roubo
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estrupo esses crimes que é é crime
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Federal dentro da favela a punição é bem
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mais rigorosa né na rua você roubar a
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polícia vai te levar presa dentro da
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favela se você roubar e a galera que tem
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aqui dentro do crime pegar
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roubando vai Tom Umo
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maneiro
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corre like from Experience Easy to come
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on Gu Who US ins
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[Música]
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so as always reality is nuanced and On
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Top of crime Violence and drugs You'll
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see people laughing and smiling All
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around and Children wandering Alone
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through the maze of Winding
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Streets the End of our Visit to we aged
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to
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a gente foi ver as crianç dançar ali
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falei que i comprar salgadinho PR eles o
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bairro inteiro comprar salir
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inteiro chamar uma criança 50
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rápid cordão Grossa
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vai PR se f de foca em todo dia nós
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troca eu botando bem no Talentinho ela
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pedindo vai
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Socopa se ch na hora ela sopa as que me
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largaram hoje em dia quer voltar mas
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avisa elas que tem fila PR chupa mais
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ela abr uma exceção não se meu sorriso
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eu não tenho coração fala para mim só
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ela que eu bem acompanhado boa compan
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meso Y