understating a bit about carioca culture is important, thus we devoted an entire section of this guide to carioca's etiquette - to help visitors understand and better interact with people in rio in a variety of situations.

for those who want to read about the carioca way of being, the book 'a carioca' by renata abranchs e tiago petrik would be a great starting point.

some famous cariocas include the brilliant architect oscar niemeyer, who designed brasilia, the capital of brazil.

also cariocas were milton nascimento, singer and composer, tom jobim, musician and one of the creators of bossa nova, vinícius de moraes, writer, poet, musician and diplomat, and the world-class soccer players romário and ronaldo.