Mangueira Samba School Ready for Rio 2018 Carnival
Criticizing Mayor Crivella's budget cuts, the traditional school from Zona Norte is the sixth to enter the Sambódromo on Sunday,...
January 26, 2018Topic
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Paraiso do Tuiuti Samba School Ready for Rio 2018 Carnival
The school from São Cristóvão will be watched closely as they parade in the Sambódromo with a controversial theme that...
January 19, 2018
Rio Holds Carnival Warm-Up Event on Copacabana Beach this Saturday
The best thirteen samba schools from Rio will perform for free at the "Encontro do Samba" (Samba's Encounter), which will...
January 4, 2018
Portela Samba School Crowned Champion of Rio Carnival 2017
In a neck-and-neck race to the top score, Portela samba school managed to gain its first Grupo Especial championship in...
March 2, 2017
São Paulo Announces Winning Samba Schools for Carnival 2017
Champions of the Grupo Especial and Série A group were revealed for São Paulo last night, with Rio de Janeiro’s...
March 1, 2017
First Six Samba Schools Parade in Rio Carnival 2017
Filling the Sambódromo with colourful costumes, iridescent floats and plenty of energy, the first six of Rio’s Special Group samba...
February 27, 2017
Going to the Sambódromo for Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival 2017
Rio de Janeiro's top samba schools will pass through the Sambódromo on four consecutive nights, this year from Friday, February...
February 22, 2017
Mangueira Samba School is Ready for Carnival 2017
Last year’s reigning champions of the Special Group competition seek to win for the second year in a row, with...
February 21, 2017
Portela Samba School Ready for Rio Carnival 2017
Despite a number of challenges this year, samba school Portela is ready for their 2017 Rio Carnival performance on the...
February 20, 2017