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CARNAVAL
Rio Yacht Club,
Rio De Janeiro
Southwest Brazil
Brazil
Type: Cultural Interest
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Carnaval is a pre-Lenten holiday celebrated all over Latin America, the Caribbean and in New Orleans, where it is called Mardi Gras. But nowhere is the pitch quite as pure, nor the beat quite as powerful, as in Rio. Carnaval simply consumes the city for the five days before Ash Wednesday. Celebrants seem determined to have a blow-out party before the deprivation of Lent.
But Carnaval atmosphere actually starts to build in late November, when the major samba schools (clubs) start open rehearsals for the events still several months away. During Carnaval, the sound of samba is heard throughout the city, seemingly for 24 hours without a break. There is hardly anywhere
you can go in the city where samba music is not a part of the general din.
That is because hundreds of roaming bands play and dance on street corners everywhere. There are three major components to Carnaval. Fancy costume balls are held throughout the city with the official opening ball held in the Rio Yacht Club on Friday night. As mentioned previously, roaming bands play samba music on street corners while listeners dance and sing.
Many are in costumes. The parades of the samba clubs (called schools) are held on Sunday and Monday evenings at a specially built venue called The Sambodrome. They are incredible extravaganzas lasting well into the early morning hours. It shouldn’t surprise you that many businesses close for the five days.
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