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Sambódromo Ticket Sales Begin Saturday for Rio’s 2017 Carnival

By Ciara Long, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Tickets to watch Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools parade competition, the central part of the city’s annual Carnival celebrations, will go on sale to the general public over the weekend, starting at 9AM on Saturday, January 14th.

The parades, which showcases Rio’s most prestigious and highest-performing samba schools, the Grupo Especial (Special Group), will take place on February 26th and 27th in the Sambódromo, in Rio's Centro.

Starting Saturday, members of the public can buy tickets to watch from the Arquibancada

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