The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a world famous festival held every year and considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets.
The first festivals of Rio date back to 1723
Rio carnival parade is filled with revelers, floats and adornments from numerous Samba School which are located in Rio (more than 200 approximately, divided into 5 leagues/ divisions.)
One of the many main purposes of the Rio carnival parade is for samba schools to compete with fellow rival. samba-schools
Each school chooses a theme to try and portray in their entry.There is a special order that every school has to follow with their parade entries. Each school begins with the "comissão de frente"which is made up of ten to fifteen people only, and they are the ones who introduce the school and set the mood.Following the "comissão de frente" is the first float of the samba school, called "abre-alas"
People gather in the streets during the carnival in Recife, Brazil
Drummers from the Mancha Verde samba school perform during a parade in Sao Paulo
A float of Dragoes da Real samba school parades in front of spectators during the first night of the carnival
Samba Parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro
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