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Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian Street Carnival is the largest increases samba party in the world: millions of fools on Sunday went far into the night with hot rhythms of samba in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Recife and Salvador through the streets and into the "Sambódromos ", where the best dance groups to see. Possible lack of money because of the global financial crisis has been easy with creativity and enthusiasm compensated.
In Rio de Janeiro fieberten which fools the big showdown of the twelve best samba schools in the night to prevent Rosenmontag. In the by star architect Oscar Niemeyer designed Sambódromo flocked on Sunday over 70,000 people, the two nights long wanted to experience colorful spectacle, which this year from the Imperio Serrano samba school was opened.
Under the theme "Secrets of the Sea" are a total of twelve schools for Samba atmostphere: On Sunday, there were already six, the other six will be on Monday evening Rios Marques avenue de Sapucai along parade.
Presentation ceremony on Ash Wednesday
The mostly from poor neighborhoods coming compete with huge schools motif cars, lavish costumes, rhythmic drum sounds and barbus dancers compete for the title of "Champions of the carnival." Each samba school has up to 5000 dancers. Favorite is back Beija-Flor, five of the last six titles won. Their appearance, however, until the night of Tuesday on the program.
The points distribution on Ash Wednesday will be broadcast live on television and is not only in the city at Sugarloaf almost as important as the national football championship. Even Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has the march on Sunday viewed - as the first Brazilian head of state in 15 years.
"It's like a football game, only with naked ladies," said the Russian Alexandr Tourist Kuguschew on the show in Sambódromo. His wife, Daria took the drama a little more romantic: "It's great, like a fairy tale." With pounds of jewelry and feather Strassheim and multi figures on the floats are the parades for the samba schools, however, an expensive fun. Each floats cost around 1.6 to 2.4 million. Traditionally, the samba schools in the months-long preparations of sponsors, but because of the global economic crisis does the money currently sparse.
In the streets celebrated stars with slum-dwellers. "They said that this year the carnival was in a crisis, but the party in us has no price," said the seamstress Miqueas Cherry, the costumes for the Grande Rio samba school has mitgestaltet. In Rio itself, there are hundreds of informal celebrations, where half a million people celebrate Carnival - including many tourists from all over the world.
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In the capital, São Paulo, the samba school "Imperio de Casa Verde on Sunday with her car motif on a record: The group defiled predator with a gigantic pile of cardboard and through the carnival stadium. The "belligerent Tiger" was 55 meters long and 14 meters high. "We are the largest sculpture in the history of the carnival entries", was a member of the board securely.
In Recife in northeastern Brazil went to the traditional parade "Galo da Madrugada (Rooster of the Early Morning) on one million dancing fools when sweaty temperatures exceeding 30 degrees a gigantic carnival Gockel behind. The street carnival in Recife is one of the largest worldwide.
For security reasons, after São Paulo
The joy is clouded, however, especially in Rio de Janeiro. Almost 10,000 security forces guarding the parade this year, following on the eve of the carnival celebrations
almost a hundred tourists victims of robberies were. The head of the tourism police assured Fernando Veloso, Rio was "very well prepared."
Most foreign visitors could be increased by the dangers of non-stop celebrations. Many danced with the residents left out on the streets of Rio. "I just do not go into the dangerous neighborhood," said the 35-year-old Italian Thomas Spagnolatti. Some tourists prefer, however, the carnival in Sao Paulo before. "Carnival in Sao Paulo is very well organized," says a 42-year old Swiss tourist's choice. "Even if the carnival in Rio a little bit better, I would it for safety reasons, not against the São Paulo exchange."
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