Opening night for Carnaval 2009 in Brazil. Tonight and tomorrow night, the city of São Paulo will showcase the carnival 2009 parades.
Sunday and Monday nights will be Rio de Janeiro’s turn to do the same. Rosas de Ouro samba school is the second school to parade in this first night’s line up.
This is their samba theme. Continue reading »
This is one of the samba schools to exhibit at the 2005 edition of the Carnaval parade at the Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Brazilian Carnaval 2005 – Mocidade – Rio de Janeiro
Performed in “Let’s Do It and The Rise of Samba”
Brazilian Carnaval has origins in the old Portuguese pre-lent celebration know as the entrudo. People celebrated by throwing little balls of wax filled with perfumed water at each other. The first procession with adorned floats was in 1850, and in 1856 costumed revelers took to the streets. Until 1899, no songs were written expressly for Carnaval, and people danced to music of European inspiration.
In 1917, the Samba appeared officially. Automobile parades were held in downtown Rio de Janeiro with tons of paper confetti and streamers, and people went to the beach in elaborate paper costumes. In the last few decades, the parade has become the greatest attraction of Carnaval in Brazil and is decidedly luxurious and gigantic. Continue reading »
Brazilian Carnival Costumes add color and flare to your dance routine. Learn the different kinds of costumes you can wear when dancing the Brazilian Samba in this free video clip.
How to Samba: Brazilian Dance Lessons : Types of Brazilian Samba Costumes
Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil.
It lasts four days and four nights.
It starts on Saturday and finishes on a Thursday.
People put on their costumes and go out into the streets or to clubs.
There are also the Samba schools
which make a parade showing their fantasies, music, and allegorical cars. Continue reading »
