Rio Carnival

A float in the 2014 carnival

The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) is a festival held every year before Lent and thought to be the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets. The first Carnival festival in Rio was in 1723.^[1]^[2]

Rio Carnival Media

Parade of Mangueira, one of the most traditional samba schools in the Rio Carnival
Sambadrome sectors diagram
Cordão da Bola Preta, the oldest street block of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival
Drum Queen
Flag bearer and master of ceremony
Float with a giant Lemuel Gulliver
A float with the Dragon of Saint George
A float with a camel caravan

References

↑ Hughes, Amani (February 22, 2019). "Rio Carnival 2019: How to attend Rio Carnival – do you need tickets?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
↑ Duhig, H. (2018). Cultural Contributions from Latin America: Tortillas, Color TV, and More. Great Cultures, Great Ideas. Rosen Publishing Group. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-5383-3829-2. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

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[:0-1] Hughes, Amani (February 22, 2019). "Rio Carnival 2019: How to attend Rio Carnival – do you need tickets?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[:1-2] Duhig, H. (2018). Cultural Contributions from Latin America: Tortillas, Color TV, and More. Great Cultures, Great Ideas. Rosen Publishing Group. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-5383-3829-2. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

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