Feb 14
A dancer takes her position on a float as she prepares to enter Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome for the first night of the Carnival parade early February 23, 2009. (REUTERS/Daryan Dornelles)
Feb 13
Brazil Carnival Parade: O Carnaval no Brasil é sinônimo de quatro dias de festa, ou mais. Os tradicionais desfiles das escolas de Samba agitam a Sapucaí no Rio de Janeiro. Em São Paulo, o palco da festa é o Anhembi. Já em Salvador os blocos sacodem as ruas da capital baiana. Só que a ‘boleirada’ não vai ter sossego durante a folia. São quatro dias de bola rolando, com rodadas em praticamente todos os campeonatos estaduais.
Feb 10
There are 5 different parades in the Sambodromo:
1. Samba Schools in the Special Group
Sunday, February 14th and Monday, February 15th – See time-table
This is the “THE” Parade, the highlight of the Rio Carnival. The must-see show which has made Rio de Janeiro the Carnival capital of the world. All the Carnival world revolves around these two nights.
The schools belonging to this group are especially magnificent and sumptuous.
The two nights are similar in terms of set-up. 6 of the best 12 samba schools march on both Sunday and Monday. Choose the one which best fits into your schedule. Doors open at 17:00, opening ceremony at 20:00, parades start at 21:00.
Rehearsals – The schools’ 2010 samba songs
2. Champions Parade
Saturday, February 20th – See time-table
Starts at 21:00 but a small Italian school already parades at 20:00 Continue reading »
Feb 06
Rio de Janeiro was elected Best gay destination in the world by Trip Out GayTravel website. In accordance to that, traditional Mocidade Samba School has recently disclosed that a new wing was created for 2010 Carnaval in Rio. The Gay wing will rely on gay merrymakers parading down Rio´s Sambadrome.
Below, a wing member of Mocidade Independente Padre Miguel Opening wing:
However, the school informs that it is not mandatory that the person is gay to be a part of the wing. All it takes is attending rehearsal at school court every Wednesday between 8:30 P.M and Continue reading »
Jan 18
The famous carnival parade has been going on since the 1930s. The parade starts Sunday evening and continues into early morning Monday of the celebration. Until 1984, when it was moved to Av. Presidente Vargas, the parade took place at Praca Onze. In 1984 the parade finally found its permanent home, the Sambadrome ["sambódromo" in Portuguese]. The Sambadrome is a large structure that was built in the downtown area, which includes several buildings that make a circular open area in the middle. In the off season, the buildings of the Sambadrome are used as classrooms for the local public schools.
The carnival parade is filled with people and floats from various samba schools. A samba school can either be an actual school or just a collaboration of local neighbors that want to attend carnival. Samba schools include: Continue reading »
