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Broader Context: Brazil’s Concert Culture and Societal Challenges
The concert’s enormous turnout underscores Brazil’s vibrant event culture, but it also highlights ongoing societal issues. Brazil is often depicted as a country rife with chaos and disorder—akin to a live-action video game or a scene from a high-stakes action film—due to its high crime rates, social disparities, and political instability.
From the infamous Astro World tragedy, which involved a deadly crowd surge, to the chaos surrounding Tanacon—a well-publicized disaster involving poorly managed music festivals—these incidents reflect a pattern of inadequate safety protocols and the dangers of massive crowds.