It’s a street parade that will suck you in, or touch you up at the very least. Here, there are no spectators. The first festivals of Rio date back to 1723.The famous carnival parade has been going on since the 1930s. The parade starts Sunday evening and continues into early morning Monday of the celebration. Of course all the average tourist to Brazil knows about samba are the infamous strip tease antics of the Carnival queens who gyrate on the floats that parade through the streets. The parades in Rio are amazing affairs by all accounts and good seats go for hundreds of dollars.
It is a very commercialized affair now and tickets to the main parade down the Sambadrome, which occurs 3 nights running (Sunday through Tuesday) are difficult to get hold of. You need to buy as early as possible in the year ahead. Large blocks charge $100 to $500 for the right to parade and dance within an enclosed area marked by rope which moves along the street. The music comes from a stage mounted on a truck covered in speakers, featuring a notable local band. But how can it be achieved if people just stand behind the barricades along the parade route, gawking at the skimpily clad girls atop the float or a lovely leg among the dancers? If they have to enact a Rio or Mardi Gras, one need not bare and dare all as they do with skimpy outfits worn overseas, but everyone should participate and enjoy the fun and experience fully.
Carnival street parades followed a decade later with horse drawn floats and military bands. The sound closely associated with the Brazilian carnival, the samba, wasn’t part of carnival until 1917. The parade starts Sunday evening and continues into early morning Monday of the celebration.
The morning is spent on the world’s most famous Praia, the coveted Copacabana beach , that features its unconformable walkway on which are located dozens barzinhos (little bars) where to relax and have a drink. Plenty of time to enjoy the sun, the sea, the sand and this amazing landscape blessed by God. You simply do not see people, white black or mulatto in the States who rival the beauty of the AVERAGE Brazilian. It was a great and beautiful drive down to the beach where we stopped and tried coconut meat.
The beaches are less crowded and the streets a whole lot safer the rest of the year. It is famous for the huge mount that separates Copacabana and Diabo beaches from the beaches of Ipanema and Leblon. Up on the mountain visitors enjoy one of the most beautiful views in Rio, with the Dois Irmaos Hill on the background. Great rain forests, colorful cities, pristine beaches, and many other attractions will fascinate you and fire your imagination. Brazilian culture is as diverse as a culture can get.
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