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Brazilian women celebrate World Cup bonanza of men

A woman from Brazil and a man from Argentina dance samba at the World Cup Fan Fest 2014( Courtesy: AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

RIO DE JANEIRO: Renata de Mouro Moitinho sambas so fast her feet blur, but her partner moves with the bumbling tentativeness of a toddler taking his first steps.

And in a way the strapping man in a tight spandex soccer jersey really is taking his first steps — his first samba steps, that is: Moitinho's dance partner for the evening is an Italian, visiting Brazil for the World Cup, and she is giving him his very first lesson in the nation's frenetically paced national dance.

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