Dedicated to Ryanjobs from a close friend in in Lanzarote
I asked :
What is special about Ipanema?
And she said:
Ipanema has played a cultural role in Rio de Janeiro since the city's beginning, with its own universities, art galleries, and theaters. It holds a street parade, the Banda de Ipanema, during Carnival festivities separate from those of Rio de Janeiro, attracting up to 50,000 people to the streets of Ipanema.