Brazil Carnival: Rio de Janeiro Samba school parade.The
parade, high point of carnaval, takes place on a Sunday
and a Monday, with seven schools each time.
The schools belonging to this group, affiliated to the
Liga Independente das Escolas de Samaba do Rio de
Janeiro, are specially magnificent and sumptuous, each
containing approximately five thousand participants plus
celebrated Brazilian show-business and jet-set
personalities.
*A* GROUP SAMBA SCHOOLS
These schools, affiliated to the Associação das Escolas
de Samba da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, form the Grupo de
Acesso.
They are 10 large and important schools that thrillingly
and beautifully parade on the Saturday with their plots
narrated through their samba, costumes and allegoric
cars. The champion of this parade ascends to the Special
Group.
