Brazil’s mermaids swim along current trend

Making a splash: Moreira, known as Sereio (merman in Portuguese), wearing a blue mermaid tail while swimming at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. — AFP

Rio de Janeiro: Davi Moreira looks like any other young Rio de Janeiro beach lover as he heads down to the Ipanema surf each week – at least until he dons his blue mermaid’s tail.

Other bathers look on in astonishment as Moreira, 22, performs his weekly ritual.