CARNIVAL
The Date of Carnival
2012 ,Feb 19, 20, 21
2013, Feb 10, 11, 12
The carnival of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazil of South America is now mid summer season. Strong summer sun light is shining. The carnival is the most exciting moment for the Brazilians. They work and save money for a year in order to participate to the carnival. Most people in Rio de Janeiro go to Samba schools. There are hundreds of Samba schools in the town. The carnival is the competition of Samba schools. Victory or Defeat is depended on the originality and creativity of the theme of the float, music, costumes and dances. A school of parade consist of 5000 dancers. They dance and parade on 800m road for 90 minutes with loud Samba music. On the gorgeous huge float, hundreds of dancers are keep dancing. As there are 10 to 12 schools participate on each night, the last parade finishes in the dawn. All music songs are Samba, the heart of Brazil. The phrase of "Oh, Brazil" is repeated by thousand times. The moment of unification by patriotism.
