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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Samba Dancers - Brazil's Carnival - (7)

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Posted by Cinnamon on Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at 2:58 pm.


Brazil’s Orgasmic Samba and Sex Carnival 2005 - Sheila Mello - Imperio da Casa Verde (SP)<br>Some of Brazil’s most beautiful women battle it out each year to become their school’s “drum queen” and lead their samba parades.
PHOTO: Brazil’s Orgasmic Samba and Sex Carnival 2005 - Sheila Mello - Imperio da Casa Verde (SP)
Some of Brazil’s most beautiful women battle it out each year to become their school’s “drum queen” and lead their samba parades.
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Some of Brazil’s most beautiful women battle it out each year to become their school’s “drum queen” and lead their samba parades.

Dancing beauties wearing little more than sequins and smiles wrapped up two nights of Carnival parades by Brazil’s top samba schools in Rio de Janeiro.

Full nudity is officially banned even though many outfits leave precious little to the imagination.


Brazil’s Orgasmic Samba and Sex Carnival 2009 – Luma De Oliveira
PHOTO: Brazil’s Orgasmic Samba and Sex Carnival 2009 – Luma De Oliveira
Two leading samba schools taking part in the final night of the top-tier parades surprised Brazilians by choosing women aged 46 and 44.

One is a former model though, and the other – Luma De Oliveira – was once a Playboy cover girl.
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The role usually goes to young starlets or beautiful women plucked from the downtrodden areas where the samba schools are based.

But two leading samba schools taking part in the final night of the top-tier parades surprised Brazilians by choosing women aged 46 and 44.

One is a former model though, and the other – Luma De Oliveira – was once a Playboy cover girl.

“It’s a huge change,” Luiza Brunet, 46, said as she prepared for her showcase role in the Imperatiz samba school’s parade.

“It shows that women who are more mature are gaining space in a country with so much machismo, where we give more value to youth and beauty.”


Brazil’s Orgasmic Samba and Sex Carnival 2009 - Ângela Bismarchi
PHOTO: Brazil’s Orgasmic Samba and Sex Carnival 2009 - Ângela Bismarchi
Brazil’s Carnival has always been a raucous affair but beauty queen Angela Bismarchi took it a step further when her only item of clothing, a small patch of glitter, fell off mid-parade.

The young woman, queen of the Porto da Pedra samba school, was briefly left entirely naked but for a few feathers and some body paint when her “tapasexo”, a tiny piece of material topped with glitter, fell away.

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Brazil’s Carnival has always been a raucous affair but beauty queen Angela Bismarchi took it a step further when her only item of clothing, a small patch of glitter, fell off mid-parade.

Bismarchi was the talk of the town on the second and final night of Rio de Janeiro’s main Carnival parades, where full nudity is officially banned even though many outfits leave precious little to the imagination.

The young woman, queen of the Porto da Pedra samba school, was briefly left entirely naked but for a few feathers and some body paint when her “tapasexo”, a tiny piece of material topped with glitter, fell away.

But Bismarchi quickly conjured up a thong and carried on dancing, later laughing off the incident with an old Brazilian saying: “A well prepared woman is worth two.”


The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
PHOTO: The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Some of Brazil’s most beautiful women battle it out each year to become their school’s “drum queen” and lead their samba parades.

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Last night’s parades featured thousands of spectacularly dressed dancers shaking and singing their way along the city’s Sambadrome to a ferocious rhythm of drums.

“It’s a thrill. I enjoy the people, I enjoy the costumes,” said French movie star Vincent Cassel, on his third Brazilian Carnival, in one of the Sambadrome’s VIP boxes. “The party here is really beautiful.”


 
The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013


PHOTO: The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
"I enjoy the costumes,” said French movie star Vincent Cassel, on his third Brazilian Carnival, in one of the Sambadrome’s VIP boxes.

Dancing beauties wearing little more than sequins and smiles wrapped up two nights of Carnival parades by Brazil’s top samba schools in Rio de Janeiro.

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Thirteen samba schools from poor neighbourhoods parade over two nights to compete for the title of Carnival champion, and are judged on their floats, music and dancing.


The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
PHOTO: The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Full nudity is officially banned even though many outfits leave precious little to the imagination.

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Hicla Curvello, a 26-year-old student sunning herself on Ipanema beach, said: “They have incredible bodies – haven’t you seen them?”

She added: “They gorgeously represent the face of Rio’s Carnival and it isn’t important if that face is a little older this year.”


The extravaganza of colour and lithe limbs this year displays a more serious note on the environment and green technology.
PHOTO: Rio Carnival 2013, posted on february 10, 2013, from Mind Mayhem
The extravaganza of colour and lithe limbs this year displays a more serious note on the environment and green technology.

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This year the displays are themed on a more serious note – the environment and green technology.
This year the displays are themed on a more serious note – the environment and green technology.
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2013, posted on february 10, 2013, from Mind Mayhem
This year the displays are themed on a more serious note – the environment and green technology.
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But lost in the extravaganza of colour and lithe limbs is the fact that this year the displays are themed on a more serious note – the environment and green technology.


The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013

PHOTO: The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
“They have incredible bodies – haven’t you seen them?”

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Painting Nude Samba Dancers Is The Best Job In Brazil. Betto Almeida is the Mr. Lucky of Rio’s Carnival.

The 36-year-old artist awakes at 8 a.m. Has a little breakfast. Survives a commute through the city’s tough traffic. Arrives at the office by 11.

Then he spends hours painting the bodies of gorgeous women — and earning as much as $2,000 a day.

“You wouldn’t believe how many applications I get for an assistant,” Almeida deadpanned, never taking his eyes from his work as he brushed bright orange paint on the stomach of a model in his glass-enclosed studio under the grandstands at the Sambadrome, where Rio’s Carnival parades ended Tuesday at dawn.


Painting Nude Samba Dancers Is The Best Job In Brazil.
Painting Nude Samba Dancers Is The Best Job In Brazil.
PHOTO: The most beautiful Muses Carnival 2013, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Painting Nude Samba Dancers Is The Best Job In Brazil.

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“But it’s hard work, man. I take my job seriously.”

Slight, soft-spoken and unassuming, Almeida devotes his art to a sideshow of the samba parades: models who earn about $250 a night to mingle, clad only in paint, with high-rollers in the luxury boxes.


Rio Carnival 2000
Rio Carnival 2000
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2000
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Wearing plaid pants, a green shirt with a red phoenix on it and a denim-and-camouflage hat, Almeida goes about his work with a nonchalant air as the party-crazed hordes outside press their noses to the glass and snap photos.


Rio Carnival 2000
Rio Carnival 2000
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2000
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Michele Peres, a 28-year-old model wearing tiny black shorts, snakeskin stilettos and a watch, said the quality of Almeida’s work was vital to her professional success.

“I’ve been doing this for nine years, for Carnival and other events,” she said as Almeida painted a jaguar on her breasts. “He is the best body painter I’ve come across and his work draws more attention to me. It is good for him, it is good for me.”


Painting Nude Samba Dancers, February 10, 2013 from Mind Mayhem<br>You wouldn’t believe how many applications I get for an assistant to paint the bodies of gorgeous women.

Painting Nude Samba Dancers, February 10, 2013 from Mind Mayhem<br>You wouldn’t believe how many applications I get for an assistant to paint the bodies of gorgeous women.
PHOTO: Painting Nude Samba Dancers, February 10, 2013 from Mind Mayhem
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As the models answered questions, Almeida kept working. On his knees behind Peres, he dipped his brush into one of a dozen plastic water bottles cut in half to hold his paint, carefully painting jaguar spots on the back of the model’s thighs.

A gentleman tapped on the studio window and, as gingerly as a drunk Carnival reveler could, requested that Peres turn toward the growing crowd. With a barely perceptible sigh, she complied, not hesitating to light up a smile once the cameras started popping.


Rio Carnival 2000, Leila Schuster - Miss Brazil 1993
Rio Carnival 2000, Leila Schuster - Miss Brazil 1993
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2000, Leila Schuster - Miss Brazil 1993
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Luana Minini, a 22-year-old actress, was making her first appearance as a Carnival body paint model and she took a slightly more timid stance: She had Almeida paint critical areas of her body in a back room before agreeing to have a red parrot with green wings covering her chest completed under the public’s gaze.

“I’ve always worked in theater and dance. This is a bit more free- spirited. But I’ve learned to control my nervousness. The paint acts as a cover, it makes me feel protected,” she said, motioning toward the jungle foliage in which the parrot on her breast resided.


Rio Carnival 2000, Leila Schuster - Miss Brazil 1993
Rio Carnival 2000, Leila Schuster - Miss Brazil 1993
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2000, Leila Schuster - Miss Brazil 1993
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Sweat on his brow, he said the hard work is worth it. A modeling agency that employs the women pays him $1,000 for the roughly two hours it takes to paint each model. During the samba parades, he paints two women a night. And in a typical year will paint a minimum of 50 women for various events.


Rio Carnival 2000, Viviane Araujo
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2000, Viviane Araujo
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“I started doing it for theater and one of the samba parade officials asked if I would do it for Carnival models. How could I say no?” he asked, diving into a cheeseburger after finishing up with Peres. “A lot of guys are jealous of my job.”


Rio Carnival 2000, Viviane Araujo
Rio Carnival 2000, Viviane Araujo
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2000, Viviane Araujo
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Reference

Monday, March 25, 2013

Samba Dancers - Brazil's Carnival - (6)

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Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010

Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010
PHOTO: Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010
This photo was taken on February 16, 2010, by www.bart.la Bart Lapers.
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Carnival in Brazil – it is an event in which millions of people dream to get. Every year in February, before Lent, the whole Brazil, is being seized by the continuous thunder of drums, batter inflammatory rhythm of samba, is immersed in the most bustling, bright and cheerful holiday, a grand show on the planet. Carnival in Rio – the most organized of them. Also, the carnival is held in El Salvador.


 
Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010
Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010


PHOTO: Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010
This photo was taken on Februrary 23, 2010, by www.bart.la Bart Lapers.

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The origins of Brazilian carnival are in the ritual dances of Black Africa, pulsating rhythms of which were brought to Brazil, along with millions of black slaves .In the mid 20th century the first school of samba was formed. In 1916, the first samba was written specifically for the carnival. It was called “By telephone”.


Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010
Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010
PHOTO: Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010
This photo was taken on Februrary 23, 2010, by www.bart.la Bart Lapers.

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According to the scientists, the word “carnival” is based on two Latin roots – carno (meat) and vale (farewell). In ancient times this celebration was being held 40 days before the Holy Week and was a kind of celebration for foreign countries and highlight for the Lent.



Rio Carnival Samba Festival
Rio Carnival Samba Festival

PHOTO: Rio Carnival Samba Festival
Every year in February, before Lent, the whole Brazil, is being seized by the continuous thunder of drums, batter inflammatory rhythm of samba, is immersed in the most bustling, bright and cheerful holiday, a grand show on the planet.
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Rio de Janeiro Carnival
Rio de Janeiro Carnival
PHOTO: Rio de Janeiro Carnival
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However, the origins of carnival can already been viewed in pagan ceremonies in honor of the ancient Egyptian god Osiris and the Roman Saturnalia.



Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010, GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010, GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010


PHOTO: Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2010, GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
This photo was taken on February 16, 2010, by www.bart.la Bart Lapers.
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When Christianity came replacing paganism, many traditions and celebrations were banned. Carnival was one of them. But the last century was the time when everything was changed and partying was back in the row.


Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
PHOTO: Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
This photo was taken on February 15, 2010 in Cidade Nova, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR, using a Canon PowerShot S5 IS, by sfmission.com Team at Carnaval.com Studios from The Inner Mission San Francisco.
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Later, when the Europeans settled the world, they brought the carnival virtually to all of the continents in the world, and the locals gladly picked up the tradition.


Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
PHOTO: Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
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Carnivals in Brazil, Goa, Basel and Nice – each of these grand celebrations have their own flavor and special atmosphere.


Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
PHOTO: Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
This photo was taken on February 15, 2010 in Cidade Nova, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR, using a Canon PowerShot S5 IS, by Team at Carnaval.com Studios from The Inner Mission San Francisco.

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Brazil Carnival, one of the most outstanding events of the world – it’s an exotic blend of European elegance, the ancient Indian traditions and customs of the Black slaves.


Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
PHOTO: Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
This photo was taken on February 15, 2010 in Cidade Nova, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR, using a Canon PowerShot S5 IS, by Team at Carnaval.com Studios from The Inner Mission San Francisco.

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Event the Catholic Church found a spot for such a “secular” holiday in their calendar, and since then it points exactly seven weeks before Easter and forty days before the Holy Week.


Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
PHOTO: Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2010
This photo was taken on February 15, 2010 in Cidade Nova, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR, using a Canon PowerShot S5 IS, by Team at Carnaval.com Studios from The Inner Mission San Francisco.
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Carnival – this is the most important event of the year for every Brazilian, it’s the holiday, which concentrates on the very soul and mentality of this country.


Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2008
PHOTO: Samba Dancer - GRES Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel - Rio de Janeiro - Carnival 2008
This photo was taken on February 4, 2008 using a Canon PowerShot S5 IS, by Team at Carnaval.com Studios from The Inner Mission San Francisco.
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The world most famous carnival in Rio – a beautiful, expensive and sexy spectacle for the world public, but the folk festival is also not an exception.


Rio Carnival Samba Festival. I'm off to Rio ...
PHOTO: Rio Carnival Samba Festival. I'm off to Rio ...
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Folk festivals are held away from the tourist centers – in Salvador, Recife and Fort Leese, moreover, instead of frivolous subjects historical scenes are usually played out here.


Rio de Janeiro Carnival
Rio de Janeiro Carnival
Rio de Janeiro Carnival
PHOTO: Rio de Janeiro Carnival
A member of a School of Samba participates in a Carnival parade February 12, 2002 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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But for every Carioca – Rio residents – “provincial” holidays are not worth a fraction of attention, because all the main action takes place here, in the main city of Its Majesty’s Carnival.


Rio Carnival 2002
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2002
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 During the four official days of celebration (and unofficially the country is celebrating it for more than a week), there comes a time when the city gives itself into the power of joy, when the eyes are being clouded with passion.


Rio Carnival 2002
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2002
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Carnival in Rio de Janeiro … impossible to describe the most ambitious furor of emotions and passions, music and dance, the unbridled joy and celebration of life in one short article.



Rio Carnival 2002


Rio Carnival 2002
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2002
Copyright 2000-2012 Ken Bradley. All Rights Reserved.
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Carnival in Rio is now one of the most ambitious and most organized carnivals in Brazil. Each year, the samba flows into the blood of all participants and guests of the carnival for more than five days and for this five day Brazil turns into an African country.


Rio Carnival 2000
Rio Carnival 2000
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2000
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Samba schools (each of which is between 3.000 to 5.000 participants) are composed mainly of people from the city suburbs. During the Rio carnivals samba schools compete with each other and their performance is evaluated by a special jury.


Rio Carnival 2002
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2002
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The chief term of the carnival is to have fun! And the Brazilians are happy to obey it. More than a week no one works, although officially the carnival lasts only four days.


Rio Carnival 2002
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2002
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Groups act like fashion models on the catwalk, in front of a crowd of 100-thousand spectators, who are admiring them from on the benches. They play out their own stories, united by a common theme: politics, nature, sports, arts, music – all topics must be Brazilian.


Rio Carnival 2000
PHOTO:  Rio Carnival 2000
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Schools come up with their unique song, creative costumes and choreography. Costumes should not only dazzle with their beauty, but also consistent with the era and location of the selected topic.


 
A Brazilian samba school during the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 14 samba schools are the main attraction of Rio de Janeiro's carnival, performing to approximately 70,000 spectators on a stadium built especially for it.
A Brazilian samba school during the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 14 samba schools are the main attraction of Rio de Janeiro's carnival, performing to approximately 70,000 spectators on a stadium built especially for it.


PHOTO: Rio de Janeiro Carnival
A Brazilian samba school during the annual carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 14 samba schools are the main attraction of Rio de Janeiro's carnival, performing to approximately 70,000 spectators on a stadium built especially for it.
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Another condition (rule) for the festival is that full nudity is forbidden, so viewers can only enjoy the endless options for luxury and often risky costumes.


Carnival Muses - Part III, Tuesday, February 28, 2006
PHOTO: Carnival Muses - Part III, Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Carnival celebrations returned to Rio's streets for a last gasp of partying Tuesday, following close on the heels of the city's legendary samba parade.

As the centerpiece of Brazil's carnival ended early Tuesday in the massive Sambadrome, bleary-eyed revelers took to the avenues and byways to dance, drink and snarl traffic.
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This may be a historic event, honoring a person, the plot of a story, or a legend. Allegorical platform transforms into movie scenery, which illustrates the same theme. Rehearsals begin for several months before the carnival.


Rio Carnival 2003
PHOTO: Rio Carnival 2003
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Traditionally, the carnival begins with a symbolic transfer of the keys to the mayor of the city – the “king” of the carnival. For four days he is the rightful owner of the city and shall be empowered to publish and to repeal any laws.


Rio Carnival 2001
PHOTO: Rio Carnival 2001
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The holiday usually starts in the small town of Olinda. Here the oldest dance school “virgins” – 250 men dressed in women’s clothes point out the beginning of the show. Gradually, the entire country is being covered with  carnival madness. Millions of Brazilians, forgetting about all the problems and domestic difficulties are having fun and dancing.



Rio Carnival 2001, Anna Flavia Tarcitano at the Black Tie Ball.
Rio Carnival 2001, Anna Flavia Tarcitano at the Black Tie Ball.

PHOTO: Rio Carnival 2001, Anna Flavia Tarcitano at the Black Tie Ball.
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But their most cherished dream – to see for a magical show at the amazing Rio. At the top of the allegorical chariots the first one to go is the Princess of the school. The height of the chariots is limited to ten meters.  There is a special spot for the elite dancers who are almost without clothes. The procession, consisting of the members of one school, sometimes stretching for a mile, and its progress Sambadromu takes about an hour.



Rio Carnival 2001, Ana Flavia Tarcitano
Rio Carnival 2001, Ana Flavia Tarcitano


PHOTO: Rio Carnival 2001, Ana Flavia Tarcitano
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The show must not only conquer the hearts of the audience, but also the judicial panel, which chooses the champions and losers of this year. The jury evaluates the performance in many ways: music and lyrics, synchronous movements, plot setting, compliance with a given theme, colorful costumes, the main chariot design, etc.



Rio Carnival 2001, Ana Flavia Tarcitano
Rio Carnival 2001, Ana Flavia Tarcitano


PHOTO: Rio Carnival 2001, Ana Flavia Tarcitano
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Grades are usually reduced to the crude composition asymmetry, the lack of expression in the dance or the ecstatic reaction of the audience.


Rio Carnival 2001, Ana Flavia Tarcitano
Rio Carnival 2001, Ana Flavia Tarcitano

PHOTO: Rio Carnival 2001, Ana Flavia Tarcitano
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But after the announcement of the end of the carnival, the celebration does not stop. Everywhere there is a wide range of beauty contests, masquerade balls, competitions, and prizes are awarded for best costumes.



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