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Wander Fests |The hottest and ecstatic fest to welcome spring

Rio de Janeiro Carnival  

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Friday, Feb. 5 - Tuesday, Feb. 9

“I disembarked at the port of happiness.  How much beauty to enjoy in this city.”

Drums, “tambourines”, “timbales”, “repiniques”, “pandeiros”, “cavocos”, and many more, are the essence of the rhythms that embrace each dancer with exoticism and seduction during Carnival times. A mix of African religion roots, tribal beats, Catholic rituals, and native shining customs; a spirit full of ecstasy, collides every year with a festivity in celebration of wealth and spring-time.

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The Carnival's nature goes all the way back to both Romans and Greeks, they used to celebrate Rites of Spring after long periods of winter where they were out of supplies. Later on, around 1850's, the Portuguese brought them back, but Brazilian culture remodeled it by mixing African and Amerindian elements, giving birth to an entirely new expression full of popular culture.

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People paraded on the street with customs, playing music and dancing. Previously role and classes were forgotten during the carnival period in which aristocrats wore commoners clothes and commoners wear as princesses and princes.

Since the 19th century, the Carnival was enriched with street Parades competitions on Sambodromo, Parading Av. or Samba Runway where people perform with full creativity and erotic music, customs, and dances; nowadays, these folkways remain and get their fuel from the performances of the Rio Samba Schools.

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The Samba Schools represent the joyful spirit of neighborhoods and Favelas, they are an important part of the Favelas because they represent their community in the Samba Parade, they prepare during several informal samba nights for the carnival parades.They are not schools in their real sense in which you can learn how to dance The Samba as its name implies, they are communities of dancers who meet during nighttime to just live the Samba and Batucada spirit.

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The Samba nights are open to anyone, local halls in which a real contact with Samba music, dance, and erotic rhythms can be experienced.  Keep in mind that most of them are located in the borders of poor areas, so the most popular to wander in are Mangueira, Unidos da Tijuca and Salgueiro, because of their tradition, years of experience and safety. There's an entrance fee, and the dance starts really late, mostly at 12 in the early morning.

Their locations:

MANGUEIRA:

Rua Visconde de Niterói 1072 - Mangueira

Samba nights: Saturdays 22:00

Colors: green and pink

Established in 1928

UNIDOS DA TIJUCA:

Clube dos Portuários, Av. Francisco Bicalho 47 – São Cristóvão

Samba nights: Fridays and Saturdays 20:00

Colors: yellow and blue

Established in 1931

SALGUEIRO:

Rua Silva Teles 104 - Tijuca

Samba nights: Saturdays 22:00

Colors: red and white

Established in 1953

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Parallel to the Parades on the Sambodromo there are Carnival Balls which are indoor elegant and  small parties that emulated the big Carnival in several venues. Street parties are as well an important ingredient of the Carnival times, they expose the spontaneity and joy of the spring party in each and single corner of the city, they are popular parties for and by the people.

For free entertainment join the street bands, the rehearsals in the communities, the Sambodromo rehearsals, the popular street parties at Cinelândia and  the Merry making in Lapa.

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If you are planning to let you go by the exquisite and mysticism of this exotic carnival or you got your tickets in advance, remember to bring:

-Your ticket and photo ID.

-Drinking water and refill container.

-Hat / sunscreen / sunglasses. 

-Colorful  summer clothing.

-Dark clothing for the bleachers to not get too dirty.

-Spending money.

-Raincoats in the case of any summer rain.

-Comfortable shoes for walking and dancing as long as the party is over.

-Carnival custom elements as masks, skin paint, thematic dresses, wig and many more.

Get to know more about the FAQ´s and 2016 events in:

http://www.rio-carnival.net/index.php