Brazil: Rio de Janeiro will have at least 80 Carnaval blocks for a fee
Rio de Janeiro City will have at least 80 private Carnaval blocks next week. These events began on Thursday, February...
February 25, 2022Topic
Samba School
Rio Samba School’s ‘Rainhas des Baterias’ Prepare for Carnival 2019
One of the most widely broadcast and identifiable images of the Carnival parade is each samba school’s ‘Rainha de Bateria,’...
January 31, 2019Social Issues Set the Tone of Carnival’s Closing Night in Rio
Presenting strong samba enredos on social exclusion and Afro-Brazilian women, samba schools Beija-Flor and Salgueiro stand out on Monday's parade...
February 13, 2018
Beija-Flor Samba School Ready for Rio 2018 Carnival
Closing Grupo Especial's parade in style, the Nilópolis-born school will enter the Avenida with a samba enredo on Mary Shelley's...
February 10, 2018
União da Ilha Samba School Ready for Rio 2018 Carnival
Paying homage to the Brazilian culinary, the samba school from Ilha do Governador will be the third to star at...
February 7, 2018
Unidos da Tijuca Samba School Ready for Rio 2018 Carnival
Paying homage to Brazilian actor Miguel Falabella, Unidos da Tijuca will be the first school to star at the Sambódromo...
February 2, 2018
Mocidade Samba School Ready for Rio 2018 Carnival
Paying homage to India, the Padre Miguel-born school will be the last to enter the Sambódromo on Sunday, February 11th.
January 31, 2018
Samba School Império Serrano Wins Série A in Rio’s 2017 Carnival
Last night (Wednesday, March 1st) the samba school Império Serrano was crowned the Série A (Access Group) champion of the...
March 2, 2017
Rio’s 2017 Carnival Parades See Four Accidents in Two Days
Rio's Sambódromo saw four accidents this year during the Carnival parade competition of the Special Group, one on the first...
March 1, 2017