Rio Carnival
In Brazil, when talking about soccer or samba, we talk about happiness. The Brazilians know that the strength of their rhythm, samba, is that of a cry that refuses the struggle of social classes and colors. In Brazil, there is no white, black, yellow or red. They prefer the mixture.
From the favelas (slums), the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro is famous worldwide. .
| Rio Carnival dates until 2012 | ||||
2009 | February 22 | 2010 | February 14 | |
2011 | March 8 | 2012 | February 21 | |
Thus, Brazil celebrates annually "his" carnival undoubtedly, is the biggest party of the allegorical world, an unrivaled feast that borders on collective delusion, because all the excesses are allowed! But it is, above all, a sumptuous feast featuring beautiful costumes, each more surprising than others, and also its huge tanks and famous samba schools. A party who is preparing for a year, mobilized enormous financial means and moves millions of viewers worldwide. In Rio de Janeiro, as in several cities in Brazil, the carnival held every year for five days, several samba schools who train at least once a week in their "shed". The Carnival begins the Friday before the week of Lent and ends with the imperative to Ash Wednesday. The traditional parade of samba schools begins on Friday at "Sambodromo" by schools of lesser importance. The large and famous schools (twenty) only entered the race on Sunday and Monday night. They march of 19 hours at dawn (about 7:00), each with up to four thousand dancers and twenty tanks before a jury, by a wise calculation of ratings, appoint the best school.
If you wish to attend the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro or in Salvador de Bahia, best to book long in advance (August / September). But this festival unique is well worth seeing, believe us! 
