Carnival – The world’s most vibrant street festival

On Friday and Saturday nights, thousands of samba dancers in sparkling costumes will stir the air at the famous seaside Sambadrome, which is used as a vaccination center for the year. last.

According to the regulations of the Organizing Committee, all participants in the parade must present a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 vaccine. Each samba school will have 60 to 70 minutes to tell a story with music and dance.

This year, the defending champions from Portela School chose as their theme Rio’s legendary 1919 carnival – the first to be held since the ravages of the Spanish flu more than a year ago. previous century. While other schools chose topics with social messages, themes of racism or the history of Afro-Brazilians.

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