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    The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest celebration...
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    Rio de Janeiro. These were pageant groups that paraded through city avenues performing on instruments and dancing. Today they are known as Carnaval blocos...
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  • "Manhã de Carnaval" ("Carnival Morning"), often referred to as "Black Orpheus", is a song by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfá and lyricist Antônio Maria...
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  • Carnaval can be traced to as far back as 250 years ago. The Carnaval coincides with the Mardi Gras of New Orleans, the Carnival of Venice, and Rio de...
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    Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: [ˈʁi.u d(ʒi) ʒɐˈne(j)ɾu] ), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city...
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    Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The suburb is the hub to several bus lines that reach several parts of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is famous...
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  • O Carnaval Cantado de 1932 (English: The 1932 Rio Carnival in Song) is a 1932 Brazilian film produced and directed by Vital Ramos de Castro. It is believed...
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    Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (IATA: GIG, ICAO: SBGL), popularly known by its original name Galeão International Airport...
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    April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016. "Recuerdan a David Bowie en el Carnaval de Río". Milenio. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 8...
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    Andréa de Andrade". "Mocidade volta às origens do carnaval e leva fartura à Sapucaí". 8 March 2011. "Rio de Janeiro carnival 2011: The second night's parades...
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    of Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, 68 kilometres (42 mi) northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2022 Brazilian...
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    ensaio de Carnaval em São Paulo". Quem (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-08-28. Retrieved 2024-09-13. "Ensaios da Anitta: cantora retorna ao Rio de Janeiro...
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    original on November 19, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014. "Rio elege Rei Momo e Rainha do carnaval para 2016". G1. November 14, 2015. Archived from the original...
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    Vieira is a Brazilian fitness model and Carnaval dancer. Barbosa moved from her native town Campo Grande to Rio de Janeiro at the age of 16 to attend law...
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  • and "Good-Bye". A Voz do Carnaval was sponsored by the newspaper A Noite, and displayed simultaneously at Cine Odeon in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte...
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  • Black Orpheus (category Films set in Rio de Janeiro (city))
    Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, which set the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice in a contemporary favela in Rio de Janeiro during Carnaval. The film was an...
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    deities), the flourishing middle-class blocos mostly relied on carnaval music styled on Rio de Janeiro's samba-enrredos. Then the Afro-blocos emerged with...
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  • Carnival blocks, carnaval blocos or blocos de rua are street bands that mobilize crowds on the streets and are the main popular expression of Brazilian...
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    "Nossa História - Três Rios" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 25 March 2021. "80º aniversário de Três Rios e tradição de seu carnaval inspiram "Esquina...
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    para o carnaval do Rio". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2009. Tudo de Samba. "Ouça os sambas para o carnaval do Rio". Archived...
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    Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u dʒi ʒɐˈne(j)ɾu] , [ˈʁi.u dʒɐˈ-]) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest...
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  • de Janeiro, Brazil. In total, Beija-Flor has won 14 parades of the Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro; as general champion in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1998...
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  • who grew up in Rio de Janeiro. The eponymous song "Carioca", from the 1933 film Flying Down to Rio, has become a jazz standard. Carnaval Carioca is the...
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    Bangu is a neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a middle-class neighborhood. It is located in the western area of the city being...
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  • "Bloco da Anitta vai desfilar no sábado seguinte ao carnaval, no Centro do Rio". Carnaval 2016 no Rio de Janeiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-13...
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  • Góes". Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024. O Batuque. "Carnaval 2010 - Unidos de Cosmos". Retrieved 3 September 2024....
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  • Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba do Rio de Janeiro (English: Independent League of the Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro), commonly known by the acronym...
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  • Deixa Falar (category Samba schools of Rio de Janeiro)
    Deixa Falar was a voluntary carnaval association that was based out of the Estácio neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It is considered the first ever samba...
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    organize Rio on the Rhine, which attracted more than 150.000 visitors, while the Rotterdam event attracts nearly a million visitors yearly. Summer Carnaval is...
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    Sérgio Cabral (category Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro councillors)
    maximum and was required to retire. He had been active in the Carnaval scene of Rio de Janeiro, having had connections with many samba schools, such as...
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