Mayor of BH falls off rolly in Virada, but keeps good humor; see

Journalist with 25 years of experience in cultural coverage. At Estado de Minas, reporter for Culture. Graduated in Journalism from Puc-Minas and post-graduated in Production and Cultural Projects from IEC-Puc Minas. In his first Virada, Mayor Álvaro Damião (Union) literally turned. Not at night, but on the morning of yesterday (8/24), when he fell off the soapbox. ‘Soapbox racing, if you don’t fall, it’s no fun,’ said the manager, in a good-humored video posted on his social networks. Damião experienced one of the most traditional attractions of Virada up close: the soapbox race, which takes over Sundays on Assis Chateaubriand Avenue in all editions. It’s precisely on the second day of the event, in daylight, that alternative attractions, many unrelated to music, take over various spaces in BH. The Gaymada, also mandatory at Virada, was held yesterday on Guaicurus Street.