Portela Samba School has been crowned champion of RIO Carnival 2017! This is the 22nd time that this Carnival veteran school has won the title. Read on for more!
Portela Samba School Crowned Carnival Champion
Certain images come to mind when we think of RIO Carnival. But while thousands roar through RIO streets in colorful costume, there’s a different sort of Carnival taking place at the Copacabana Palace Hotel. And if you have to ask the price of entry (*ahem* single tickets start at $800) to this party…well, you may not fit in at this opulent celebration.
The samba schools BROUGHT IT on Saturday during the parade down the Sambadrome. We’ve got pics of the beautiful costumes and floats! Winners will be announced later today!!
http://www.chron.com/life/article/Carnival-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-Brazil-10963458.php#photo-12458800
We’re in the thick of it! Feathers. Music. Food. Non-stop dancing. But in 2006, RIO Carnival was more than a celebration. It was the perfect diversion for a group of robbers who used Carnival as the perfect cover-up for the robbery that landed on them on the FBI Top Ten Art Crimes list.
RIO’s oldest bloco, Bola Preta (or Black Ball) attracted hundreds of thousands on Saturday. Take a look at these cool photos from the street party!
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-carnival-idUSKBN1640O6
If RIO’s warm-up style is any indication of whether the city will BRING IT for the main attraction, then RIO’s bloco game means that Carnival is going to blow your socks off! Tomorrow marks the official start of Carnival 2017, but the streets have been blazing for WEEKS. Check out the parades lighting up RIO streets tonight as we count down to Carnival!!!
Blocos Welcome Carnival 2017 to RIO’s Streets Tonight
RIO Carnival 2017 officially begins today. Some may say that such a huge celebration has no place in a country currently struggling with government woes, a recession, drugs and other major troubles. But performers and revelers alike pay no mind to the naysayers. Instead, through creative costumes laced with political satire and protest, they’ve invited some of the most polarizing topics (and the public figures behind them) to the celebration!
We are just HOURS away from the start of RIO Carnival 2017!! Read on for the When, Where, and Why of Carnival–and then warm up your hips ’cause we’re ready to go!!
http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/21/when-is-the-rio-carnival-2017-everything-you-need-to-know-6457956/
MetrôRio trains will operate from 5 a.m. on Friday, February 24 through 11 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, providing 24-hour coverage during Carnival. Now your only concern is keeping the feathers of your headpiece from getting caught in the train doors!
Days ahead of the official start of Carnival, a Copacabana Beach bloco hosted partiers AND their pooches–dressed in the most adorable costumes. Check out this video! Is your pup getting festive for Carnival?
