THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE WORLD: THE RIO DE JANEIRO CARNIVAL

Rio Carnival made by the poor for tourists who come from all over the world for the 4 days of locura, madness The rich take the opportunity to go on holiday elsewhere, to Europe, the USA, Uruguay's east coast, the French Riviera of South America the greatest show in the world, at the Sambadromo, a kilometer-long avenue with stands and bleachers on the sides where the various companies parade on the nights between Friday and Tuesday and on the following weekend the first six classified among the twelve participants, Each company has about 5,000 members, including about 500 percussionists, there is the front line that opens the parade with the name and symbol of the company, then the standard-bearing couple and the various huge and colorful huge carts made with light material since they are pushed by hand, There are the semi-naked Brazilians who dance the samba, real sexy bombs, carefully chosen and well paid, there are the Baianas, a group of black women with wide, stiff skirts who dance while spinning around, When the company filled the avenue, it took about an hour and during all the time they sing the samba do enredo, the song that every year the schools get written and sing together with the whole crowd in the stands who dance and drink beer , There are teams from the excellence group (series A) and of the primero group (series B) with promotions and relegations,

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