Carnival is an annual celebration that takes place forty days beforeEaster (marking
the beginning of Lent). It has several variations withits European
counterpart and it also within the Brazilian territory.
Although Catholic inspiration, is celebrated more as a secular holiday than a religious event. Their European origins date back toa kind of carnival called "Introit" ("entry" in Latin) and "Entrudo" (in Portuguese).
The "Entrudo" was characterized by the interplay of water thrownamong people in order to purify the body, and was banned without much success in the mid-nineteenth century, to be consideredviolent by the upper classes.
In the late nineteenth century were introduced in Rio de Janeirocalled "cordões" which consisted of groups of people walkingthrough the streets playing music and dancing. These werepractically the immediate predecessors of modern samba.
The "blocos", are some of the popular carnival current representations are formed by people who dress or thematicallycelebrate carnival specifically. The samba schools, blocks andbands occupy entire neighborhoods of Rio.
The carnival held in Rio de Janeiro is famous for the samba schoolsparading in front of spectators at the famed Sambadrome also.
The whole town is upset the second week of February for the mere fact of its conclusion, and require reservations well in advance so as not to be left out of both color, fun, dancing and debauchery.
Although Catholic inspiration, is celebrated more as a secular holiday than a religious event. Their European origins date back toa kind of carnival called "Introit" ("entry" in Latin) and "Entrudo" (in Portuguese).
The "Entrudo" was characterized by the interplay of water thrownamong people in order to purify the body, and was banned without much success in the mid-nineteenth century, to be consideredviolent by the upper classes.
In the late nineteenth century were introduced in Rio de Janeirocalled "cordões" which consisted of groups of people walkingthrough the streets playing music and dancing. These werepractically the immediate predecessors of modern samba.
The "blocos", are some of the popular carnival current representations are formed by people who dress or thematicallycelebrate carnival specifically. The samba schools, blocks andbands occupy entire neighborhoods of Rio.
The carnival held in Rio de Janeiro is famous for the samba schoolsparading in front of spectators at the famed Sambadrome also.
The whole town is upset the second week of February for the mere fact of its conclusion, and require reservations well in advance so as not to be left out of both color, fun, dancing and debauchery.
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