Second Night of Samba in Sapucaí: Daily
By Nicole Froio, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The second night of parades down the Marques de Sapucai Sambódromo, showcasing the Série A Access Group that are competing to be elevated to the Grupo Especial (Special Group), started right on time and progressed with less faults and mistakes than the day before. The [...]
Access Group Ups-and-Downs: Daily
By Nicole Froio, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The first night of Carnival performances at the Marques de Sapucaí Sambódromo was tainted by mistakes and delays from the performing Access Group samba schools. The biggest hiccup was some of the performers from Vila de Santa Tereza danced down the venue without their costumes [...]
Carnival Starts with More Police: Daily
By Leo Byrne, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The number of police on duty during Carnival has been stepped up this year to 14,454 in order to help ensure the safety of partygoers. The figure marks an increase of 2,500 compared to 2012, aiming to improve security while an estimated million visitors pour [...]
Vila Isabel Samba School: Carnival 2013
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Known for its famous samba composers and traditional presentations, G.R.E.S. Unidos de Vila Isabel will bring this year’s Carnival competition to a close as they enter the Sambódromo as the final school to parade from the Grupo Especial (Special Group) on February 11th. One of [...]
Access Group Competition: Carnival 2013
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Carnival officially begins on Saturday, February 9th and the wait for the samba school competition is almost over. Yet before the schools from the Grupo Especial (Special Group) are scheduled to compete, nineteen samba schools from the Access Group will parade in the Sambódromo, on [...]
Best of the Rio Carnival 2013 Blocos
By Fiona Hurrell, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – February marks the month of 2013 Carnival and the party blocos (street party-parades) are already going into overdrive as more and more visitors arrive in Rio. With 492 blocos to look forward to this year, here are just a few of the largest to [...]
Going to the Sambódromo for Carnival
By Leo Byrne, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Widely considered to be the largest (and best) annual party in the world, Rio Carnival draws around a million visitors to the city in a celebration that is the bench mark for pre-Lent celebrations around the world. At the center of this colorful spectacle is [...]
Rio Carnival Blocos This Week: February 6 – 12, 2013
To help make this week of blocos easier to digest, find and plan for, here it the list for February 6th until 12th, 2013: Wednesday, February 6th – Discípulos De Oswaldo – 7PM until 11PM Largo Do Amorim – Rua Rosa Da Fonseca – Manguinhos – Banda Do Tio Marco – 8PM until 9:30PM Rua [...]
Carnival 2013 Arrives in Rio de Janeiro
By Fiona Hurrell, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The anticipation is finally over and Carnival 2013 has arrived with Rio embracing yet another of its most popular and important annual traditions. Having received a reported 1.1 million people at Carnival 2012, experts predict an increase in numbers this year, bringing even more [...]
Carnival Blocos Shift From Zona Sul
By Nicole Froio, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Nearly five hundred blocos, the open parading-street-parties, have become the core of Carnival for locals in the last decade – much more accessible than the parades at the Sambódromo. Perhaps even too much so, as some residents in Zona Sul (South Zone) started to request more [...]
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