Carnival Do Brazil

Brazilian carnival

Diego f. Barajas, Harvey muñoz, Daniel Sarria, Alejandro Endo, Carlos Penagos, Santiago Rodríguez

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Mónica González

Instituto Tecnico Industrial San Juan Bosco deCali

SANTIAGO DE CALI 16 January 2013

¿That is the Brazilian carnival?
* The Carnaval of Brazil is an annual festival held forty days (or six weeks) before the beginning of Easter, i.e. inthe days immediately before Lent. On certain days of Lent, On certain days of Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence theterm "carnival,"
STYLES BY STATES
RIO DE JANEIRO
* Rio de Janeiro style originally mimicked the European form of the festival, later absorbing and creolizing elements derived from NativeAmerican and African cultures. These were pageant groups that paraded through city avenues performing on instruments and dancing. Today they are known as Blocos (blocks), consisting of a group of people whodress in costumes or special t-shirts with themes
São Paulo style
* 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 to Rio’s Carnival, which is held on Sunday and Monday night.
* Various “samba schools” compete in a huge parade. Each school presents a different theme, which they expose through theircostumes, dance, music and the “carros alegóricos” (also known as “trio elétrico”, huge vehicles decorated according to the theme designed specifically for the parade).
BAHIA STYLE
* There areseveral major differences between Carnival in the state of Bahia in Northeastern Brazil and Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. The musical styles are different at each carnival; in Bahia there are many rhythms,including samba, samba-reggae, axé, etc., while in Rio there is the multitude of samba styles: the "samba-enredo", the "samba de bloco", the "samba de embalo", the "funk-samba", as well as the...