The crowd

Winners parade

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March 4th 2006
The Carnaval in Rio is a competition between 14 samba schools from all over Brazil, 10 of which are from Rio. It is much more commercialized than the carnaval in Salvador, but still amazing in many ways. The Carnaval takes place in the Sumbodromo, which is a huge stadium that was built especially for the Carnavals. Each school has something like 2,000 - 3,000 dancers. A school starts the prepa ... read more

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more