"It was bloody miserable. Even Lucifer was using a fan! He couldn't bear the heat either," said Juninho Thybau, Gago's 36-year-old son, who is a sambista.
Irajá, a chunk of north Rio famed for its samba stars and oppressive heat, is far from the only corner of Brazil that has been baking under unseasonal temperatures. Having just emerged from its warmest winter since 1961 South America's largest country is experiencing a mercilessly hot start to spring.
With temperatures soaring towards, and in some places exceeding, 40C, newspapers and weather forecasters have drawn comparisons with global hotspots such as Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and even Dallol, Ethiopia, reputedly the world's hottest inhabited place.
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