Tag: Acadêmicos de Santa Cruz

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Now that the Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations are over and 2016 has begun, attention in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil turns to the upcoming Carnival, which this...

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Months before Carnival celebrations will take over Rio de Janeiro and the city's famous samba schools will parade in the Sambódromo, Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba /Liesa (Independent...

By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On the second day of competitions, Saturday February 14th, eight samba schools of the second league, the Série A, will show off their samba songs, costumes and floats in colorful...

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With the official start of Carnival two months away, six samba schools entered the famed Sambódromo on Saturday, December 20th and Sunday, December 21st to begin rehearsals for the...

By Mary Bolling Blackiston, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - While the Grupo Especial (Special Group) of the samba schools tends to be the center of the attention at the Carnival parade competition, the Grupo de Acesso (Access Group)...