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Carnival fever is here! Thousands of bare-bellied dancers bejeweled in sparkling sequins from head to toe gyrate to the rhythms of the Brazilian samba. Gilded parade floats adorned with acrobats, dancers, and musicians crawl through the Sambodromo stadium. Thousands of party-goers cheer from the stands for their favorite samba schools. This is the Rio Carnival, the peak of Brazilian cultural festivities and arguably the greatest show on earth.

Beginning on Ash Wednesday, this week of festivities known as Carnaval in Portuguese has roots in the centuries-old Portuguese pre-Lent masquerades. Rio de Janeiro, formally the capital of Brazil during the colonial era, has become the capital of Carnival since the 1930s. Preparations have become year-long affairs: samba schools begin planning their floats, costumes, and routines months in advance. Nearly 70,000 people flock to the Sambodromo, a stadium in the heart of the city built specifically to host the Carnival parade, to cheer on the several samba schools over the course of several days. The samba schools, traditionally organized by dancers in a neighborhood nightclub, have become enormous groups, the smallest of which include 1200 participants. 

Throughout the city during Carnival week, festivities continue day and night. Street bands compete, masquerades are held in hotels and nightclubs, and nearly every Carioca,or Rio resident, is decked out in an elaborate costume – or lack thereof. The music, song, dance – everything that is Carnival – will ring in your ears long after the festivities.