CARNIVAL: Brazil Travel Blog dates of the 2012 carnival in Brazil
09 Monday May 2011
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The Daily Herald -Weary Brazilians seek escape from Carnival crowds
07 Monday Mar 2011
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The Daily Herald -Weary Brazilians seek escape from Carnival crowds
via The Daily Herald -Weary Brazilians seek escape from Carnival crowds.
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This is true. Carnival has changed over the years as noted in this article.
Brazil Carnival 2011 – March 5-8
09 Wednesday Feb 2011
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| The fire at the Cidade do Samba damaged the customs and floats at three of the 12 schools; however, Rio Carnival will take place as planned.
Don’t miss the “Street Blocks” carnival. More on the Rio Times link.
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CARNIVAL: Rio Carnival 2011: sambadrome ticket prices
31 Monday Jan 2011
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CARNIVAL: Dates of the 2011 Carnival in Brazil
20 Thursday May 2010
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CARNIVAL: Rio leads in High-Tech Street Pee Booths
16 Tuesday Feb 2010
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| Rio’s Mayor launched a program a few months back called “Shock of Order” in an attempt to clean up Rio and reduce the chaos. During Carnival, the Pee Police were out in force arresting (a couple of hundred – women included as well as foreigners) anyone caught urinating in the streets. I didn’t realize that these new “pee booths” had been set up in the city. Question: And for the ladies? |
CARNIVAL: 2010 Inside Rio’s Oldest Samba School
14 Sunday Feb 2010
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Good article with photos about the oldest Samba School in Rio – Estacio da Sa
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Carnival Crackdown: Rio Reins It In For World’s Greatest Party
12 Friday Feb 2010
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CITIES: Rio – Carnival Block Parties
02 Tuesday Feb 2010
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Here is a site that list the block parties for Rio Carnival this year.
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CARNIVAL: Brazil 2009
24 Tuesday Feb 2009
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Here are a few blogs/sites that have information about Carnival in Salvardor, Recife and São Paulo.
After 20 some years here Carnival does not spark the same interet in me that it did back in the “old days”, when it was less commerical and more up close and personal…as they say. It has become a huge event and so expensive that the local governments had to step in this year and ‘bail out’ the samba school in Rio as several private companies that usually sponsor schools backed out due to the worldwide meltdown.
It is still mind boggling and without a doubt you gotta see and participate at least once in your life. Kind of like the Devil’s Mecca.
LINKS:
> Portuguese Blog – São Paulo and Recife
CARNIVAL: Rio 2009
23 Monday Feb 2009
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Matthew McConaughey and Camilla Alves
A few Hollywood types have shown up. Stallone is down in Angra dos Reis, but is suppose to be at the finals tonight (Monday) at the Brahma celebrity box. Kevin Spacey was in the ‘box’ Sunday night.
Photos from O Globo…link below has more.
Lots of Brazilian celebrities in the Brahma Box as well. BTW, Brahma is a Brazilian beer, which is produced and owned by the same company that produces Budweiser….InBev.
Kevin Spacy
LINKS:
CARNIVAL: Dates 2009-15 and Information
09 Tuesday Dec 2008
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Carnival Brazil 2009
click on photo for tons of Brazilian photos
Rio Carnival Dates For 2009:February 21st through February 24th
Rio Carnival Dates For 2010: February 13th through February 16th
Rio Carnival Dates For 2011: March 5th through March 8th
Rio Carnival Dates For 2012: February 18th through February 21st
Rio Carnival Dates For 2013: February 9th through February 12th
Rio Carnival Dates For 2014: February 3rd through February 6th
Rio Carnival Dates For 2015: February 16th through February 19
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Rio Carnival 2013
09 Saturday Aug 2008
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Rio Carnival 2009 – Dates and Information
If you are considering coming to Rio for Carnival in 2013, it is time to start planning.
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Other Carnival options are Salvador, Recife and the other cities in the Northeast. Some say Salvador is the best since Rio has become so commericalized.
LINKS: updated Sept 2012
CARNIVAL: Rio – Muito Bom! – Very Good!
04 Monday Feb 2008
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Salgueiro- Foto: Tasso Marcelo/AE
Present Day Carnaval:
Carnival is going well throughout the country. Actually Carnival is mostly in the Northeast in the coastal cities, specifically Recife and Salvador and, of course, Rio. You can have thousands (Recife a million) out on the street surrounding large sound trucks (Trio Electrico) carrying small bands and famous singers who play a wide variety of music, but always Brazilian, non-stop and loud.
Carnival is pretty tame in the Southern part of the country and in the vast interior.
Old Days Carnaval:
In the old days, every town of any size around the country would have Street Carnaval during the day and traditional Carnaval at night in the Clube Social (public building for town parties and events). In the afternoons, all the kids would dress up in their costumes and jump around like crazy at the Clube. This would be followed by the young people, adults and old folks who have an evening of Bolero music, dancing and socializing. At midnight, the live band would begin Carnaval music. The old folks would leave almost immediately, the adults would hang around awhile jumping (pulando) remembering the Carnaval days of their youth. But, it would be the young people who would jump around like crazy until dawn.
That has pretty much disappeared as it has become an “event” now – Hollywood grandeur, the bigger, the louder, the better.
In the old days you were an intimate participant; now you are one of thousands participating or just an observer.
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My city is dead! Yesterday, Sunday, it was like the movie set for the latest Will Smith movie; I Am Legend. Almost no cars, motos, and as a result; no noisy. 
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Links:
Now, Click Here and Then Click, Click, Click on the Globo Newspaper’s site – enjoy the photos.
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Carnival Brazil – Opens Officially in Rio
29 Tuesday Jan 2008
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Country Shutdown:
Brazil is in the process of shutting down.
Shutting down means all serious business comes to a halt.
Also means that ALL serious partying begins and goes through until Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., which is when serious business will begin again.
Brazil 2008 begins on Wednesday at 14:00 hrs.
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Carnaval Dates – 2008:
Feb 2, Saturday
Feb 3, Sunday
Feb 4, Monday
Feb 5, Shrove Tuesday
Feb 6, Carnaval ends at 14 hours Wednesday
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The photo is of the Mayor of Rio (embracing the ladies) turning over the keys of the city to the Carnaval King – Momo; the fellow on the left in his Carnaval costume. By tradition these guys are the size of Samurai wrestlers; however, this year they have a ‘normal’ guy.
Carnaval informally begins in Rio with the Blocos de Samba, which are neighborhood groups who party on the streets during Carnaval. “The Big Show” begins on Saturday when the Samba Schools begin parading at the Sambódromo.
LINKS:
- Globo News – Rio
In Portuguese, but click around and you will find lots of video and photos.
- Ginger – Flower Lady
Go to her Blog, then scroll down pass the beautiful flowers to her Carnaval photos.
- Some Recent History of Carnaval in Rio
