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Samba Parade Rio Carnival tickets to see the Samba Parade Rio Carnival at the Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Sun Feb 22, 2009
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Sambodromo
Mon Feb 23, 2009
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Sambodromo
The planet's most spectacular annual cultural pageant, where the ancient world's spirit of chaotic collective delirium and abandonment of self to the impulses of the body and a greater collective spirit is unrivaled. It is understandable if your culture has not made ready to take this plunge. Rio Carnaval Carnavelesco Joosinho Trinta, whose health is not good as the 2005 Carnaval approaches, added another important chapter to his brilliant career last year.
Carnival is Rio's main event. It happens at the peak of summer, when Cariocas are at their best. Festivities attract thousands of people from all corners of the world. Carnaval, as spelled in Portuguese, is a 4-day celebration. It starts on Saturday, and ends on Fat Tuesday, or Mardi-Gras. Dates change every year. Carnival Sunday is seven weeks before Easter Sunday. The origins of Carnival are unclear, but most agree that it started as a pagan celebration in ancient Rome or Greece. Carnival balls were imported to Rio from Italy in the late nineteenth century, and had their golden era in the 1930 through 50's, with legendary balls at the Copacabana Palace and the Municipal Theater.