The Carnival 狂欢节 @ Rio
Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí
R. Marquês de Sapucaí – Santo Cristo
Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20220-007, Brazil
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2024 festival is in February, from Fri 9th afternoon to Wednesday midday, 14th.
The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro / Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro can trace back to 1723. Nowadays, revelers, floats, and adornments from various samba schools (about 200) put up the show at Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí, to compete to win. During our stay from 9th to 11th, the streets are filled with dressed up or dress down people (depending on your definition … wink wink ), all in festival moods.
We purchased the tickets online but have to go to a hotel in Copacabana (Copacabana Mar Hotel @ Rua Ministro Viveiros de Castro, 155, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22021-010, Brazil) to pick up the physical one, as if digital tickets couldn’t be issued or produced 脱裤子放屁. Given the fact that even the smallest street vendors, with a few bottles of water have a credit card readers, it’s beyond my believe that The Carnival can’t issue digital tickets.
Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí (Passarela Professor Darcy Ribeiro or simply the Sambódromo) was built in 1984 (renovated in 2012), specifically for the carnival: a narrow and long stadium with seats on either sides.
Uber can’t get to the entrance because of the closed roads. It’s just like any big events, with people, food vendors (definitely less, much less than the major league stadiums in the US), special events areas, securities, garbage removal, …
Sitting there watching the parade, I’m wondering if the stale costumes are made in China. We didn’t go for the Sunday and Monday, which are the most important days because I’m not all that crazy for the carnival. We left during the first intermission. The ultimate winner is Viradouro.
… the gathering on the streets, actually aren’t bad at all, starting from our hotel at Ibis, on the mornings of 10th Saturday and 11th, Sunday:
… on the streets
坐下来之前 我们逛了贫民狂欢节 – 在马路边上. 那个脏 乱 … 但是人人情绪高涨. 80年代末我的室友和她男朋友来过. 据男友说 巴西穷困但狂欢节是每年的高潮; 几天落幕后 马上开始准备下一年的. 30多年过去了 从他们那时的照片看 没啥变化. 不知道他们的服饰是不是中国定制的 😂 花车还是几条大汉推的.
Me不来看看会觉得后悔 来了 就觉得 浪费时间. 迪士尼比这聪明绝顶多了.
音乐都是老生常谈.
