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  2. Rio Carnival - Wikipedia

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    The first Carnival festival in Rio occurred in 1723. [1] [2] The typical Rio Carnival parade is filled with revelers, floats, and adornments from numerous samba schools which are located in Rio (more than 200 approximately, divided into five leagues/divisions). A samba school is composed of a collaboration of local neighbours that want to ...

  3. Brazilian Carnival - Wikipedia

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    Zé Pereira dos Lacaios, the oldest carnival block in Brazil with more than 150 years, parade in the city. The first carnival party in Belo Horizonte took place in 1897, even before the inauguration of the city. [citation needed] Still, for decades the carnival in the city was not as popular as in historical cities. Beginning in the 2010s the ...

  4. Carnival - Wikipedia

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    Carnival in Aruba means weeks of events that bring colourfully decorated floats, contagiously throbbing music, luxuriously costumed groups of celebrants of all ages, King and Queen elections, electrifying jump-ups and torchlight parades, the Jouvert morning: the Children's Parades, and finally the Grand Parade. Aruba's biggest celebration is a ...

  5. Carnival of São Paulo - Wikipedia

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    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 Carnival. [1] It is currently considered one of Brazil's biggest and most important popular events.

  6. Galo da Madrugada - Wikipedia

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    The block was created in 1978 by Enéias Freire. Galos parades every Saturday of carnival at São José (Recife) neighborhood. The main rhythm is the frevo, but other rhythms are also played. It is named in The Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest carnival parade in the world, considering the number of participants. [2]

  7. Zé Pereira dos Lacaios - Wikipedia

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    The Portuguese shoemaker José Nogueira Paredes paraded at the first day of the 1846 carnival in the center of Rio de Janeiro. His block gained attention from enthusiasts, musicians and organizers for the carnival proceedings. José relocated to Ouro Preto in 1867 to work at the local Governor's palace (the city was then the capital of Minas ...

  8. Category:Brazilian Carnival - Wikipedia

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    2016 in Brazilian carnival (3 P) B. Bahian Carnival (3 P) R. Rio Carnival (1 C, 37 P) S. Samba schools (2 C, 2 P) Samba enredo composers (5 P) Sambadrome (3 P)

  9. Category:Carnivals in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Brazilian Carnival (7 C, 22 P) J. Jogo do Bicho (1 C, 5 P) R. ... Pages in category "Carnivals in Brazil" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.