Brazil destinations: The glamour of Brazil Carnival , in Rio de Janeiro

It is time for the Greatest Spectacle on Earth.
It is time for the big Samba party.
The Carnival (Carnaval) is one of the main celebrations in Brazil. It lasts 5 days (from Saturday to Wednesday) with fun. Carnival balls in the street of Rio, the Samba Parade in the famous Sambadrome and a lot of fun !.
Carnival activities around Brazil normally take place from the Friday prior to Ash Wednesday and continue up to and including Ash Wednesday itself.
Rio de Janeiro is so beautiful that the locals, known as "Cariocas" claim that after God spent six days making the world, he rested on Sunday in Rio. Not that they ever call their city Rio de Janeiro - they simply refer to it as "a cidade maravilhosa" or "the wonderful city". And despite its social problems, the city, like its people, is warm, captivating, musical, and devoted to enjoying itself.

One of the traditional highlights of carnival (Karneval) in Rio de Janeiro is the parade of the top samba schools which take place on the Sunday and Monday nights of carnival along the purpose built Passarela do Samba (Sambódromo), located on Avenida Marques de Sapucaí, close to the city centre. The winners’ parade, featuring the top samba schools from all the divisions, will take place on the following Saturday (February or March).

But it is important to remember that Carnival activities begins one month earlier with the famous Blocos de Rua (Street carnival bands) which attracts thousands of people in the weekends!.
Famous Blocos in Rio de Janeiro pre-carnival are: Cordao da Bola Preta, Banda de Ipanema, Bloco Santa Teresa, Monobloco, Bloco de Segunda , Bloco das Carmelitas and much more!!.

The Land of Carnival!
But Carnival is not just about Rio de Janeiro. It is celebrated throughout the country. Other major brazilian carnival celebrations are held in Salvador, Sao Paulo, Recife, Maceio and Olinda....
The most famous after Rio, is the Salvador Carnival.

Best time to attend Rio de Janeiro Carnival
It is better to stay one week earlier than carnaval dates or at least 4 days earlier in order to get Hotels and visit the city. In Carnival celebrities you dont have time to do many things.

The Sambadrome stadium (Sambódromo)
It is the samba stadium built around a former avenue (Avenida Marques de Sapucai) running through the center with viewing stands on either side. The Rio de Janeiro Samba Schools enter from one end of the runway and spend 75 minutes parading down to the other end , the Praça da Apoteose while the crowds go wild up in the arquibancadas or stands.
New rules:
Each Samba School will have a maximum of 70 minutes to present the result of a year's work. This involves the construction of massive allegories and the making of costumes for an average of 3,500 samba dancers, with creative and luxurious pieces.
A judging panel composed of 45 members, formed by experts in nine judgment categories, will be attentive to the tiniest details. Seven Carnaval Associations will perform on Sunday's spectacle, plus six others on Monday.

Free: the Rio Street Carnival
This year more than 400 street carnival bands, called blocos parades on the city...and it is totally free !!!. Enjoy this.

The sexy Carnival queens
Famous brazilian artists like Paolla Oliveira e Lexa will be in front of the Samba Schools drum section.
"Home-made carnival queens" like Evelyn Bastos, of Mangueira, e Raissa de Oliveira, from Beija-Flor plays a main role.
The main Samba school parade of the Special Group at the Sambadrome brings a lot of nude and hot babes in front of the famous Baterias do Samba - samba school percussion band -.
Between the carnival drums queens are: Paolla Oliveira, of Grande Rio, Lexa, from Unidos da Tijuca, Viviane Araújo, of Salgueiro, and Evelyn Bastos, of Mangueira, and Raissa de Oliveira, from Beija-Flor.
In the samba parade you can see many nude and seminude brazilian girls, carnival women in topless and fantastic nude bodypaintings. Brazilian females are more free than European or American women.

Rio Top Samba schools
The Carnival Associations have the challenge of producing an even better spectacle than the previous ones, creating parades filled with emotion, beauty, and creativity, taking to the Avenue themes that take viewers by storm.

• Beija Flor de Nilópolis
  
Flying a blue de and white flag, Beija Flor de Nilópolis is the most successful school since 2000, with 12 victories.

• Portela
  This school has won the Sambódromo samba contest 21 times under a blue and white flag.
  
• Mangueira
  The popular Mangueira school has won 17 times. Its colors are pink and green.
  
• Império Serrano
  Parading under a green flag, Serrano has had nine victories.
• Unidos da Tijuca
  Winner of multiple gold standards, Tijuca's colors are yellow and blue.
  
• Unidos do Viradouro
  The famous hot seminude Carnaval queen Juliana Paes danced for this school. Orange and white are its colors.
  
• Salgueiro
  A traditonal top school with eight victories, colored red and white. The famous carnival queen Viviane Araujo
  
• Imperatriz Leopoldinense
  A successful school with eight victories, its colors are green and white.
  
• Vila Isabel
  With two victories to date, this club flies the peach and white flag.

Let us celebrate the carnival culture! Get your instruments ready, prepare your carnaval costumes, confetti and streamers to fully enjoy the revelry. Come on over to Rio!

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