Rio de Janeiro is designing a new programme, called Bolsa Carioca, to do exactly that.

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The traditional Carioca (name of Rio locals) hotel already exists in the central part of Rio de Janeiro city.

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My friend Mario, a Japanese Carioca from Rio, told me to fly to Rio and he would get me in Mangueira.

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Santoro, a Carioca (Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro) and lover of the sea, speaks about the need to preserve the ocean.

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Their fashion accessories label, Retalhos Cariocas (Carioca Scraps), is growing.

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Samba clubs have come and gone, but one of Lapa's mainstays is Carioca da Gema, a pioneer among music bars to the area when it opened back in 2000.

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The proposition was named Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea and it was based on the principles of identification of cultural landscapes, involving criteria of intentionally designed landscapes, scenery and landscape organically linked to the evolutionary history and inseparable imagination of the country for centuries.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)