Monobloco Draws 400,000, Closing Rio Carnival’s 2017 Celebrations
By Ciara Long, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This year’s Carnival in Rio might have officially ended on...
March 6, 2017Topic
Portela
Portela Samba School to Lead Rio’s 2017 Carnival Champions Parade
The six highest-scoring samba schools from Rio’s samba parade competition will perform again this Saturday evening in the Sambódromo, including...
March 3, 2017
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
Final Six Samba Schools Parade in Rio Carnival 2017
The last night of this year’s samba parade competition, though marred by yet more accidents, was filled by colorful ensembles...
February 28, 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
Final Six Samba Schools Parade for 2016 Carnival in Rio
Six samba schools paraded on Monday, February 8th during the second night of Special Group Carnival competition in Rio de...
February 9, 2016
Portela Samba School Ready for 2016 Rio de Janeiro Carnival
Samba school Portela will parade fourth on February 8th during the second night of the 2016 Rio Carnival Special Group...
January 23, 2016
Rio’s Carnival 2016 Competition Schedule Announced
Organizers recently announced the schedules for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Carnival competition and for the samba schools' technical rehearsals...
November 5, 2015
The Samba in Rio Festival is this Weekend, July 18th and 19th
The Samba in Rio Festival will feature fifty musicians performing over twenty hours of live samba at Rio de Janeiro's...
July 16, 2015