Memorials

Clara Nunes Cemitério São João Batista

Clara Nunes

· 1983

The Story

The best-selling singer in Brazil's history at the time of her death in 1983, at just 40 years old. Clara Nunes brought Afro-Brazilian religious imagery to the commercial center of samba. Her tomb at São João Batista became a place of devotion.

Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro RJ

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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