Enter The Beach-lined Awe-inspiring City With Direct Flights To Rio De Janeiro By: Rakesh Jha | - The wondrous city Rio de Janeiro is like a chocolate cake; once you have it, youll yen for more because it never fails to impress people with its modern outlook that reflects its progression through the times of yore. The historic sites, sparkling beaches, green belts and jubilant attitude of the locals embrace the tourists to the world where heaven meets the earth. Rio's carnival with its effervescent samba dancers jiggling their hips attracts thousands of tourists from around the world. The ... Tags:Direct Flights to Rio de Janeiro, Direct Rio de Janeiro Flig
Exploring Bahia Brazil Off The Beaten Track By: Hidden Pousadas Brazil | - Bahia is the most revered historical and cultural state in Brazil. Its true glory is its coastline, the longest in the country, populated with beautiful beaches, islands, mountains and rivers.
The city of Salvador is a great starting point for exploring Bahia. However, neighbouring regions offer a feast of surprises too - quaint towns and tropical jungles, crystalline waters and caves and an abundance of pousada hideaways.
Trademarks Of Traditional Drums Sections From Brazil Samba By: Andre Skowronski | - The Carnaval of Brazil is becoming more and more a full-year festivity, with several parties throughout the year. This may be a good reason for lovers of this colorful folklore to learn even more about the world´s largest party. One of the subjects within the samba world that attract the most curiosity is the drummers sections, with all its vibrations, strength and vigor. Some samba-school drum sections can have up to 300 percussionists, with one general director and several assistants. ... Tags:trademarks samba school, drums section bateria, baterias samba school, brazil carnival ooah
What Are Samba Rehearsals After All? By: Andre Skowronski | - Samba-School rehearsals ( or practices ) are the second most important Brazilian Carnival event, losing only for the official carnival parades, which happen in February/ March. Carnival samba-schools rehearsals like the name suggests, are the practice routines the samba schools perform at their premises, (called "quadra" in Portuguese ) in order to prep-up for the carnival. Carnival rehearsals start generally in June / July every, at the time the samba schools start to define their carnival pa ... Tags:samba practices, mangueira samba, samba mangueira, samba school rehearsals
Portela Samba-school: Brazil All Time Carnaval Contest Winner By: Andre Skowronski | - Today we will take a look at the samba-school which is the all time champion of the Brazilian Carnival, legendary Portela Samba School. We will review their foundation, their innovative spirit which helped them amass 21 Rio Carnaval contest since 1932, some of their talented musicians who honored the samba-school´s pantheon, Portela´s logo, official Flag & technical information. The traditional school from Rio´s suburbs is also very famous because of its exceptional composers, s ... Tags:Portela Samba, Portela samba-school, samba portela, brazil carnival br, portela samba 2010
Mocidade Independente Samba-school: From The 1960s To Today By: Andre Skowronski | - Mocidade Independente Padre Miguel has become over the last two decades, one of the most cherished in Rio de Janeiro, and amassed several Carnival championship titles. The samba-school founded 60 years ago, has proven that when luxury meets extraordinary organization and industry type methodology, brilliant parades are produced. Mocidade Independente is also a synonym to legendary Carnival Producers: Some of the most important all time artists from the Brazilian festivity came from Mocidade st ... Tags:mocidade independente, mocidade independente padre miguel, mocidade samba-school
Heavy Samba Drumming Instruments Definition: Power And Vigour By: Andre Skowronski | - Questions regarding Samba instruments have been a constant since we started to write about the Brazilian Carnaval. I guess there is a fascination upon the subject, which can be easily understood. When we think of a regular orchestra or band, we might know by the top of our heads a few of the instruments like saxophones, clarinets, piano, etc. We have been listening to them, learning about them, seeing people play since very early stages of our lives. Samba instruments, by the other hand, a ... Tags:drum samba-schools, samba school drums, samba percussions, samba drums in Brazil, brazil carnival br
Academicos Do Salgueiro Samba School: History Of Tradition By: Andre Skowronski | - On this article, we will review the history of one of Brazil´s most traditional samba-schools in Rio de Janeiro: Acadêmicos do Salgueiro. The "red and white" samba-school is the 3rd greatest overall winner of the Brazilian Carnival in terms of championship titles, and has produced over the last 50 years of existence beautiful and enchanting carnival parades. In this article we will take a look at its traditional origins, historic founders, and understand how the school became nation ... Tags:academicos do salgueiro, o salgueiro, salgueiro samba, salgueiro 2010, salgueiro samba 2010
Acedemicos Da Rocinha Samba-school Review By: Andre Skowronski | - When we talk about samba-schools in Rio de Janeiro, we normally think of traditional names like Portela, Estação Primeira de Mangueira, Salgueiro and Unidos da Tijuca Samba-Schools. But a relatively new samba-school in Rio de Janeiro has emerged in the last Carnivals of Brazil because of its creativity and structure: Academicos da Rocinha (which means "small ranch" ). Being established in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Rio, São Conrado, "Academicos da Rocinha Samba ... Tags:Rocinha, Rocinha samba-school, Academicos da Rocinha samba, fabia Borges, Rocinha samba school Rio
Keep The Samba Beat: Functions Of The Drum Section Master In Brazil's Carnival By: Andre Skowronski | - In every modern day orchestra, ensemble or larger band, there is a conductor. In Carnaval and samba, we see the same phenomena at the drum section, called "bateria" in Portuguese. In Brazilian Samba-School drum sections, there is always an experimented musician in charge for conducting, maintaining, and providing vigor to the samba beat. This figure is called the "Mestre de Bateria" or "First Director" of a Drums Section. This expert on carnaval drums must obligatorily possess specific sk ... Tags:el bateria, mestre de bateria, bateria carnaval, drum section director, carnaval of Brazil
Opening Wing In The Carnival Of Brazil: Origins & Definition By: Andre Skowronski | - A carnival parade in Rio Brazil is made up of a series of conventions and criteria, which somehow regulate the amazing show watched by millions of people around the globe. Some of the evaluated criteria include the size of floats, parade timing, and harmony within the samba-school members, which are analyzed by a judging commission. The opening wing or "Comissao de Frente", to use the original expression in Portuguese, is also one of these criteria examined by the carnival judging panel, to he ... Tags:opening wing, brazil carnival, comissao de frente, in the carnival, mangueira, Carnival from Brazil, Rio Carnival
The Carnival Of Unidos Da Tijuca Samba-school: Origins And History By: Andre Skowronski | - In the culture of the Carnival in Brazil, samba-schools play a vital role, having established themselves as the center institution. In Rio de Janeiro, there are probably more than 100 samba-schools of different sizes. On this article, we will describe the emergence of "Unidos da Tijuca Samba-School", the third oldest samba-school in Brazil. The description of Unidos da Tijuca helps the understanding of the process of conception of a typical samba-school in Brazil, since other schools went thr ... Tags:samba-schools, the carnival of, Unidos da Tijuca, fabia borges, brazilian carnival, brazil carnival history
The Flag-bearer Or Porta Bandeira Element In The Carnival Of Brazil By: Andre Skowronski | - In this article, we will describe a marvelous element within the parades and Brazilian Carnaval festivity: the "Porta-bandeira", pronounced [porta bandayeera] and translated here to Flag-Bearer. Below, you will understand why this magnetic parades figure is able to symbolize the essence and honor of the Carnaval culture. The Porta-Bandeira, along with the Mestre-Sala figure, can definitely represent the highest distinction to individuals who have devoted their career and lives to Carnaval and ... Tags:porta-bandeira in Brazil Carnival, porta-bandeira 2010, Carnival flag bearer, rio parades flag bearer
Goddesses Of Samba In Brazil´s Carnival: How Are They Chosen? By: Andre Skowronski | - Samba dancing may sound only as fun, especially for foreigners. But in Brazil, this activity is taken very seriously by amateur and professional dancers, as we will see below. Samba dancing in the Carnival of Brazil is part of our culture and somehow national identity. Just like Jazz in New Orleans, Tango in Argentina, and Salsa at the Caribbean, samba dancing is taught since the very early stages of life of Brazilians. In a natural form, every woman, (and some men too), learn how to samba ... Tags:goddesses of carnival, brazil contest, tatiana pagung, shayene cesario, the Carnival of, samba contests
Brazilian Carnival Glossary: Carnaval Producer Explained By: Andre Skowronski | - On this article we will explain the professional role of the "carnavalesco" figure or Carnaval Producer, in English. We believe the description of his role and profile is essential not only towards the understanding of parades, but to the Brazilian Carnaval culture itself. Without their existence, the parade/show could not be thought upon, organized or executed. His attributions exceed the planning or physical execution of the Carnaval show. Just like a play director, they create dreams and ... Tags:the carnival of Brazl, carnival from Brazil, Of the carnival, samba de janeiro rio, Samba escolas
