hizzz everybody!! how r uuuu?? im fine..u?..hhaaahha..well..im feeling gr8 today!!!..as always..
im trying to finish to tell (copy..hihi) abt Carnival..im organizing here texts abt that..u can follow some links inside it..just click over the words of different color in the text to find it...to know more abt what i am showing..

enjoy it..and think abt to visit my city...some day..
if u come..just call me..it will be a pleasure to show u my beautiful town..

c ya guys..té mais!!

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when on 1st January 1502 portuguese navigators sailed into the bay known today as Guanabara, they thought they had discovered the delta of a huge river and named it "River January" - Rio de Janeiro. Rio is a wonderful citie. The high points in Rio are the beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon and Barra da Tijuca, the exquisitely beautiful woman, the largest football stadium in the world, the Corcovado, the Sugarloaf and - above everything else - the world famous carnival...

..thats Carnaval!!..

come on! we r gonna show the greatest..the biggest..and the more famous show of the earth!!

The first records of Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro date back to 1723. Immigrants from the Portuguese islands of Açores, Madeira and Cabo Verde introduced here the Entrudo.
The idea was basically getting everybody soaked wet. People would go out in the streets with buckets of water and limes, and everybody could be a potential victim. Even Emperors took part in the fun. There's a curious record of a woman being arrested in 1855 for throwing a lime at Dom Pedro I's escorts.
Zé Pereira was a contribution of a Portuguese shoemaker named José Nogueira de Azevedo, in the mid XIX century. On Carnival Mondays he would march in the streets with his friends playing drums, tambourines, pans, and whistles. Everybody was welcome to join the fun.
Grandes Sociedades or Great Societies was a more organized parade that debuted in 1855, with the presence of the Emperor himself. A group of eighty aristocrats in masks paraded with luxury costumes, music, and flowers. It was a big success. Democráticos, Fenianos and Tenentes do Diabo were the three most well-known groups.
Cordão Carnavalesco is a concept that got its start in 1870. There were characters like queens, kings, witches, peasants and dancers, and they performed according to the costumes they were wearing. There were also the Cordões de Velhos, where participants would wear huge papier-mâché masks and walk in an old man's gait.

Carnival in the XX Century
Ranchos Carnavalescos are a contribution of an immigrant from Bahia named Hilário Jovino da Silva. They started in 1872 as working class festivity. People would dress up in costumes and perform on the parade accompanied by an orchestra of strings, ganzás, flutes, and other instruments. They were more organized than the Cordões, and gained popularity around 1911.
With the sponsorship of brewery Hanseática, the Ranchos started organized competitions. They became one of the main attractions of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival, together with the Great Societies. The parade already included a first-wing (abre alas), an orchestra, a male and female choir, and a couple of mestre sala and porta bandeira.
The parades were halted during World War II and started again in 1947. By then the competition happened on Av. Rio Branco. The last competition of ranchos was in 1990, and the winner was a club named Decididos de Quintino.

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The Samba School Parade at Rio´s Sambodrome is something everybody has to experience at least once in life. The event is broadcast live to several countries, and all Brazilian states. Watching on TV is cool, but not half as much fun as being there. You have to mingle with the crowd, sweat, maybe even march with a samba school.
Unlike Street Carnival the Samba Parade is not free. Tickets are actually quite expensive, but more than worth the investment. Fourteen special group schools march on Carnival Sunday and Monday, seven each night. The parade starts at 9 p.m. and goes on until sunlight the next day, around 6-7 a.m. This samba marathon is also a fierce competition. Each year a school is downgraded from special to access group, and vice-versa.

In case you are getting completely mixed up, Samba Schools are not teaching institutions. A Samba School is an association of people from the same neighborhood, usually a working class community (or favela) in a suburban area. They get together on a regular basis for rehearsals and samba nights. Samba schools provide valuable jobs to the community, that is employed year-round in the production of costumes and floats.
Each year schools choose a different theme. In the year 2000, for instance, schools highlighted different periods of Brazilian history, celebrating the country's 500th anniversary. In 2004, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sambodrome, samba schools were allowed to re-edit their favorite Carnival themes from the past.
Samba Schools may take to the Parade anything from 3,000 to 5,000 members, and from 6 to 8 floats. They try to illustrate the theme chosen. All costumes and floats are original, made from scratch each year. You may think of it as a tropical opera, or rather, of several operas happening in a one night.
A Samba School has a period ranging from 60 to 75 minutes to make it through the runway. This means that each member will actually spend only about 25-30 minutes tops in the Sambodrome. The experience is so intense, though, that the memories last a lifetime.

Several aspects are judged by a jury of experts chosen by LIESA, the league of Samba Schools. Judges are strategically stationed in odd and even sectors, to make sure the schools do their best all the way through.The 6 schools that score best earn the coveted honor of marching again the following weekend, at the Winners Parade on Saturday.
Of course all Cariocas consider themselves experts when it comes to judging a samba school. Many keep a personal score to compare (and inevitably disagree) with the final result. Cariocas support their favorite school just like they support their soccer team - with a lot of passion. In Portuguese you do not say you support Mangueira or Flamengo. You say what would translate simply to I am Mangueira or I am Flamengo.


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The Samba Parade

Schools are divided into alas (wings or sections), with people wearing the same costumes. Abre-alas is the first group, limited to 15 people or less. They are in charge of greeting the audience, setting the mood, and introducing the theme. Choreographies are often quite elaborate.

In-between wings you there are floats (carros alegóricos), that carry special guests named destaques ( floatees). Floats are a real feast to the eyes. Many have special effects - a bird with flapping wings, a dragon spitting smoke, etc. The size is limited by the narrow tree-lined streets that give access to the Sambodrome. Oversized floats would be at the risk of losing part of their decoration even before entering the runway, or getting stuck along the way.
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u can be who u want..
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u can dream with all colours u wish..
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u can do what u need to feel happy..

Floats may be motorized, and have mechanical parts.Most are still pushed by men from the community, either in T-shirts, or wearing costumes designed to blend in. Before ideas of exploitation of cheap labor and other indignities start to pop in your mind, try to understand that everybody is more than happy to contribute in whichever way they can.
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to be happy.. (baianas)

Being a part of the samba parade is an honor, and these volunteers would probably look awkward in a baiana costume, anyway.
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to fill ur life with colours.. (mestre-sala & porta-bandeira)

Porta-Bandeira and Mestre-Sala are the most important couple in the school. Porta-bandeira is the lady that carries the school flag with pride. Crowds stand and cheer as she passes by. Her partner, the mestre-sala, has the job of drawing everybody's attention to his queen. And they do that by performing the most elaborate samba steps ever - seeing to believing. Samba Schools also have a children-only sector. They have their own version of the porta-bandeira and mestre-sala, and their dexterity often equals or surpasses their adult counterparts.
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dance... (baianas)

Ala das baianas is a wing with women dressed in big round colonial-style skirts. It is one of the most colorful and captivating of them all. These positions are reserved for ladies from the community, and their (very expensive) costumes are subsidized. Dozens of baianas spinning around always bring down the house.
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more than 300 drumers..
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rytm..harmony..perfection..
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the greatest sound on earth!!

The percussion band (bateria) and vocalist (puxador) have a big challenge to face when they walk into the Sambodrome. Getting as many as 6,000 people to sing and dance in synch is not an easy task. Everything is done live. The vocalists usually go on top of a sound car, that may be at the end of the school or next to the bateria. The drummer's niche is located between Sectors 9 and 11. This is where the band stays until the last wing and float passes by, and only then they leave the samba runway.
While an average member of a samba school marches for about 20 minutes, bands and vocalists have to perform for 70 minutes non-stop! Right in front of them you will find the queen of bateria. They look georgeus as they introduce the band, and greet the audience. It's good manners to stand up and cheer.
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enjoy it..
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Sambódromo..Rio de Janeiro..Brasil..

Carnival in Rio

One of the most colorful events on this planet has always been the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
Very spectacular is the view from a VIP Lounge, which may cost even more than 1000 US Dollar.
In addition the living costs quadruple in Rio whilst the Carnival is in full effect.
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kool and beautiful view of the samba avenue..
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Apoteose..Sambódromo..Rio de Janeiro..Brasil
...where the show ends!!!
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humm..its raining..but it is not a problem!..it freshs!!..
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hey guys! let me take it off from u...lolz..
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