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By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Following the opening night of the Carnival competition in Rio de Janeiro`s famed Sambódromo on Friday, February 5th, the remaining seven samba schools from the Série A will parade...

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 Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Friday, February 13th, seven of the fifteen Série A samba schools will parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambódromo, officially starting the 2015 edition of the internationally famous Carnvial...

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)...