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  2. Carnival of São Paulo - Wikipedia

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    The 2005 São Paulo Carnival: The opening float (carro abre-alas) of the Gaviões da Fiel Samba school. The Carnival of São Paulo (Portuguese: Carnaval de São Paulo) is a major Brazilian Carnival. It features a parade of Samba schools and takes place in the Anhembi Sambadrome of São Paulo on the Friday and Saturday night of the week of ...

  3. UESP - Wikipedia

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    The União das Escolas de Samba de São Paulo – Union of the Samba Schools of São Paulo – or UESP is an entity that organizes the parades of the Carnival of São Paulo, SP, Brazil. It was created in 1973 when the samba schools obtained their recognition, because in that epoch the entity helped councils to regularize their statutes ...

  4. Brazilian Carnival - Wikipedia

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    The Carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo take place in their sambódromos, located close to the city center. In the Rio Sambódromo , the parades start at 20:00 or 21:00 (depending on the date) and end around 5:00 in the morning. [ 32 ]

  5. Anhembi Sambadrome - Wikipedia

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    Gaviões da Fiel at the Carnival of São Paulo. The Sambadrome is one of the largest outdoor venues for major events in the city of São Paulo in Brazil. It is managed by São Paulo Turismo. It is part of the Anhembi Convention Center, at 1.209 Avenida Olavo Fontoura in Santana, near to the Portuguesa–Tietê metro station. [1]

  6. Samba school - Wikipedia

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    A carnival director is the director of the samba school who is in charge of the guidelines and philosophy of their carnival college, taking part in the selection of members of various sectors, even sometimes the plot, also coordinating the shed or warehouse where the floats are made, the purchase of equipment, payments and the development of ...

  7. Vai-Vai - Wikipedia

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    Grêmio Recreativo Cultural Social Escola de Samba Vai-Vai, popularly known simply as Vai-Vai is a samba school from São Paulo, Brazil.At the beginning of the 20th century, there were in the neighborhood Bixiga, at Rua Marques Lion, a football team called Cai-Cai which used the colors black and white, which formed part of a group of crying and played in the field of Lusitana, near the ...

  8. Category:São Paulo Carnival - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 15 December 2024, at 01:05 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Culture of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Carnival celebrations are believed to have roots in the pagan festival of Saturnalia, which, adapted to Christianity, became a farewell to bad things in a season of religious discipline to practice repentance and prepare for Christ's death and resurrection. Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil and has become an event of huge ...