Mônica Waldvoguel confuses ash quarter trawling with a criminal act. Look!

Presenting the program “GloboNews Em Ponto”, Monica Waldvoguel made quite a mistake. When she called journalist Felipe Costa, from TV Bahia, a Globo affiliate in the state, she made a big mess.

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The presenter confused the traditional Ash Wednesday raid in Salvador, Bahia, with the criminal practice of collective robbery, popularly known by the homonymous slang.

“Felipe Costa says that, unfortunately, there was a dragnet there, right? There is Carnival, but there is no good news either”, she lamented.

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The journalist was then corrected live Felipe Costa smiled and explained to Monica that the Ash Wednesday “arrastão” works as a farewell to the revelry in Bahia.

“Hi Monica. Look, we know trawling as a bad thing, right? But here, today, Ash Wednesday is a good thing. The Ash Wednesday haul”, laughed the reporter.

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He added that the trawler got its name because it “drags crowds” from Farol da Barra to Circuito Ondina, spots known to revelers.

“There are several electric trios, several artists from Bahia, who come together to draw a crowd”, he added, who announced the arrival of singers such as Leo Santana It is Tony Salles with trios packed in Salvador.

The journalist then understood the error. In this way, she tried to join in on the joke made by the reporter. “Good thing, right, Felipe? Party drag,” she corrected her.

What is the Ash Wednesday trawl?

Created by Carlinhos Brown, arrastão has been a tradition in Salvador since 1995. Without ropes, the event was created thinking about the workers who were on duty during the festival days. They join Bahian revelers and tourists to say goodbye to the holiday.

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This year, Salvador's arrastão officially closed Carnival after six days of celebration in the capital of Bahia. The public gathering began at 9am, and the event came to an end in the early evening of Wednesday, 14th February.