Carnaval | Rio the Guide

2023: 17-22 February; 2024: 9-14 February; 2025: 28 February-5 March; 2026: 13-18-February; 2027: 5-10 February. Skiptoprimarycontent Carnivalisanannualcelebrationthatembracestheentirecountry,evenabusinesscentrelikeSãoPaulo.ThecelebrationshavefarmoreimpactonRioandBrazilanditseconomythantheChristmasandNewYearholidays.MostofficesandbusinesseswillclosefortheweekofCarnival. CarnivalisamoveablefeastthatistiedtotheRomanCatholiccalendar.IttakesplacefromtheFridaypriortoAshWednesdayandcontinuesuptoandincludingAshWednesdayitself.Insomecitiesandtowns,includingRio,thecelebrationstakeovertheentireweekandthefollowingweekend. Theearliestdatecarnivalcanoccuris30January–4February,butthatwon’thappenuntil2285.Thelatestis5-10March,andthatwillnexthappenin2038. Asinmanycountries,COVID-19hashadamajoranddisruptiveimpactonlifeinBrazilandinRiodeJaneiro,andthatincludedcarnivalin2021withnoneofthemajorparadesandgroupactivitiestakingplace. Mostactivitieswerealsocancelledfor2022withthemainparadesmovedbacktoApril. RiodeJaneiroisthemostfamousandthelargestofBrazil’scarnivalcelebrations.InRiothefocusisonsambaandtheparadeofthesambaschoolsorganisedbytheLeagueofSambaSchoolsontheSundayandMondayevenings.TicketsformostmajorcarnivalactivitiesinRiocanbereservedinadvancethroughLIESAandthebettertouroperators. UpcomingdatesforCarnivalinBrazil(Friday-Wednesday)are: 2022:25February-2March 2023:17-22February 2024:9-14February 2025:28February-5March 2026: 13-18-February 2027:5-10February ThemainparadesoftheGrupoEspeciallasttookplacein2020onthenightsofSunday,23FebruaryandMonday,24February2020withViradourocrownedasthechampionschool. ThemainparadesoftheGrupoEspecialwillnexttakeplaceinApril2022onthenightsofFriday,22AprilandSaturday,23April.The12schoolsscheduledtoparadein2022(andthe2020results): Viradouro(269.6outof270) GrandeRio(269.6) Mocidade(269.4) Beija-Flor(269.4) Salgueiro(269.0) Mangueira(268.9) Portela(268.8) VilaIsabel(268.6) UnidosdaTijuca(267.6) SaoClemente(267.0) ParaísodoTuiuti(266.2) Imperatriz(Promoted) Theorderthe12schoolsarescheduledtoparadein2022: Friday,22April2022 Imperatriz Mangueira Salgueiro SãoClemente Viradouro Beija-Flor Saturday,23April2022 ParaísodoTuiuti Portela MocidadeIndependentedePadreMiguel UnidosdaTijuca GrandeRio VilaIsabel NormallysixschoolsparadeonSundaynightandsixonMonday,butasnoschoolswererelegatedin2017and2018,sevenschoolsparadedeachnightin2019,and13paradedin2020,sevenontheSundayandsixontheMonday.In2022thingshouldbebacktonormaland12schoolswillparade. Rio’scarnivalislarger,livelier,louderandmoreincrediblethananythingonecanpossiblyimagineorexplaintoyou.EvenlivinginRioforthetwelvemonthspriortocarnivalisnopreparationforwhathappensintheweekssurroundingtheeventitselfand,despiteappearancesorwhatyoumayhavereadinmagazinesandnewspapers,Rio’scarnivalisnotdesignedtoattractforeigntourists,norisitviolentordangerous.Brazil’scarnivalisagenuinenationalcelebration,whichformostBraziliansismoreimportantthanChristmas,NewYearandEasterallrolledintoone. Itisthesizeofcarnivalthatoftenoverwhelmstheforeignvisitor.Itisnotaneventthatisrestrictedtooneareaoronesocialclass,butisacelebration,partyifyoulike,thattakesovertheentirepopulation,andinRiothatmeansacitythatisoneofthetenlargestintheworld. TosurviveandenjoycarnivalinRioyouareprobablygoingtoneedallotofstamina,afairamountofmoneyandatouchofgoodhumourwhennoteverythinggoestoplan. ButwhatiscarnivalinRio? Well,otherthanthegeneralairofmadnessandgoodwillthatpervadesthecity,carnivalinRiohasthreemainingredientsandtheyaretheparade,theballs,heldinclubsandhotelsacrossthecity,andtheevermoreimportantstreetcarnival.Streetcarnivaldoeswasitssaysonthelabel,withhundredsofbands,or“blocos”,goingoutinthestreetsallacrossRiointheweeksrunninguptoandovercarnival.Somewillattractacoupleofhundredfollowers,butotherswillbefollowedbymillions.Andwedomeanmillionsoffansandfollowers. Foralistandscheduleofsomeofthemainbandsandblocosthatparadedandperformedduringcarnival2020CLICKHERE Thisamazingtiltshiftvideo,TheCityofSambabyKeithLoutitandJarbasAgnelliwillgiveyoualittletasteoftheRiocarnivalparade,evenintherain,andthecityitself. Basedontheresultsofthelastfivecarnivals(2016-2020),theLeagueofSambaSchools(LIESA)ranksthetopsambaschoolsinRiodeJaneiroas: Mangueira(64points) Portela(56) Salgueiro(50) MocidadeIndependentedePadreMiguel(45) Beija-Flor(44) Viradouro(35) GrandeRio(29) UnidosdaTijuca(25) VilaIsabel(21) ParaísodoTuiuti(18) ImperatrizLeopoldinense(13) UniãodaIlhadoGovernador(5) SãoClemente(5) [Schoolsscore20pointsforawin,15for2nd,12for3rd,10for4th,8for5th,6for6th,4for7th,3for8th,2for9thand1for10th] 31schoolshaveparadedintheGrupoEspecialsince1985,andthefirstparadeonthepurposebuiltSambódromo.Since1985thetopsixmostsuccessfulsambaschoolshavebeen: Beija-Flor(478points) Salgueiro(340) Mangueira(317) ImperatrizLeopoldinense(315) MocidadeIndependentedePadreMiguel(277) Portela(229) TheresultsofRio’sCarnivalParadein2020were: Viradouro(269.6outof270) GrandeRio(269.6) Mocidade(269.4) Beija-Flor(269.4) Salgueiro(269.0) Mangueira(268.9) Portela(268.8) VilaIsabel(268.6) UnidosdaTijuca(267.6) SaoClemente(267.0) ParaísodoTuiuti(266.2) EstáciodeSá(264.7) UniãodaIlha(264.2) …andin2019theresultswere: Mangueira(270pointsoutof270) Viradouro(269.7) VilaIsabel(269.4) Salgueiro(269.3) Portela(269.3) MocidadeIndependentedePadreMiguel(269.0) UnidosdaTijuca(268.8) ParaísodoTuiuti(268.5) GrandeRio(267.9) UniãodaIlha(267.7) Beija-Flor(267.6) SãoClemente(267.4) ImperatrizLeopoldinense(266,6) ImperioSerrano(263.8) Clickhereformoreimagesfromthefirstdayorseconddayoftheparadesin2019. Mangueira,thewinningsambaschoolin2019 …in2018theresultswere: Beija-Flor(269.6pointsoutof270) ParaísodoTuiuti(269.5) Salgueiro(269.5) Portela(269.94) Mangueira(269.3) MocidadeIndependentedePadreMiguel(269.3) UnidosdaTijuca(269.1) ImperatrizLeopoldinense(268,8) VilaIsabel(268.1) UniãodaIlha(267.3) SãoClemente(266.9) GrandeRio(266.8) ImperioSerrano(265.6) Beija-Flor,thewinningsambaschoolin2018 SambodromoinRiodeJaneiro _________________________________________________________________ Copyright©1984-2021 ChristopherPickard–RiotheGuide–CriticalDivide Allrightsreserved–Todososdireitosreservados criticaldivide.com–riotheguide.com Likethis:LikeLoading... Privacy&Cookies:Thissiteusescookies.Bycontinuingtousethiswebsite,youagreetotheiruse. Tofindoutmore,includinghowtocontrolcookies,seehere: CookiePolicy Follow Following RiotheGuide Join28otherfollowers Signmeup AlreadyhaveaWordPress.comaccount?Loginnow. 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