2012 Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro – 04
This second article about the second night of parades of samba schools in the Special Group of Rio de Janeiro relates the parades of samba schools Mangueira, Unidos da Tijuca […]
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2012 Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro – 03
The second night of parades of samba schools in the Special Group of Rio de Janeiro had a bit of everything: from a trip to London, through stories of resilience […]
2012 Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro – 02
The last four samba schools of the first day in Rio were, in order, Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel, Porto da Pedra, Beija-Flor de Nilópolis and Unidos de Vila Isabel. […]
2012 Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro – 01
On the first day (Sunday 19 Febr.) of the carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro seven samba schools of the Special Group entered the Marquês de Sapucaí. Samba school Renascer […]
Parades of the Samba Schools in São Paulo – 04
As last of the carnival parades the closing of the second day with the ultimate four samba schools. We will see: Águia de Ouro, Unidos de Vila Maria, Gaviões da […]
Parades of the Samba Schools in São Paulo – 03
A total of 14 samba schools paraded in the carnival festivities in Anhembi in São Paulo. The results of the first seven schools we have seen in my previous two […]
Parades of the Samba Schools in São Paulo – 02
During the first night in São Paulo seven samba schools paraded. In my previous post we read about and saw the pictures of the first four carnival groups. In this […]
Parades of the Samba Schools in São Paulo – 01
Fourteen schools performed on two nights of Carnival São Paulo, starting Friday night 17 Febr.2012 in the Sambódromo of Anhembi in the north of the capital. Samba school Camisa Verde […]
Painting the Body of a Carnival Model
Body painting is quite the fashion during carnival. With the queens, muses and samba dancers indicating that an absolute minimum of clothing is the best for a parade, body painting […]
Children’s Carnival Inaugurates the Sambadrôme in Rio
As I wrote in my previous post, the carnival parades in São Paulo started Friday night. But in the meantime in Rio de Janeiro the carnival parade of the samba […]
Brazil In Hot Pants 