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The Carnival of Brazil is a great festival held forty-six days before Easter.
It's a six-day party where crowds follow the trios elétricos throughthe city streets, dancing and singing. The typical genres of music of Brazilian carnival are, in Rio de Janeiro (and Southeast Region in general):the samba-enredo, the samba de bloco, the samba de embalo and the marchinha; in Pernambuco and Bahia (and Northeast Region in general) the main genresare: the frevo, the maracatu, the samba-reggae.
Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil and has become an event of huge proportions. 
Rio deJaneiro's carnival alone drew 4.9 million people in 2011, with 400,000 being foreigners.
1 Styles by State
1.1 Rio de Janeiro style
1.2 São Paulostyle
1.3 Bahia style
1.4 Pernambuco style
1.5 Minas Gerais style
1.6 Others
Rio de Janeiro style
Hurting Cases parties from Paris. Itoriginally mimicked the European form of the festival, later absorbing and creolizing elements derived from Native American and African cultures.
São Paulostyle
The carnival in São Paulo takes place in the Sambodrome of Anhembi on the Friday and Saturday night of the week of Carnival, as opposed toRio’s Carnival
Bahia style
There are several major differences between Carnival in the state of Bahia in Northeastern Brazil and Carnival in Rio deJaneiro. The musical styles are different at each carnival; in Bahia there are many rhythms, while in Rio there is the multitude of samba styles