The world-famous Rio Carnival opens on Friday before the February "Ash Wednesday" and is considered the main event here. Annual bright carnival - a parade of samba schools. Organization of the event has led the Ministry of Tourism, as well as the Urban League of samba schools in cooperation with broadcasters, which will broadcast live from the streets of the city. Each school year after year is a new program, according to which it selects and produces pad and costumes.
Do not go unheeded honing the skill of rhythm, choreography, as well as presentations and harmony among members of the group. It is worth noting that many of the participants of the carnival for the whole year save money on the purchase and manufacture of costume, who will present at the parade.
Annually nominate only one school of samba, which received the highest score, composed in the first league "special groups". The winners of the special group receive cash prizes. As a rule, all the contestants are not less valuable to belonging to the winning school of "special groups".
The sequence of performances of schools determined by lot. The parade takes place on Sunday and Monday, every day are the six schools. Number of members extending in each group varies from 3 to 5 thousand. Contestants stand for 5-8 cars, divided into subgroups to 40 people each. Guided by the rules of safety, each machine must be operated manually. Performance of each school last no longer than 82 minutes. If you violate the terms, the school loses accumulated points.
When speech is estimated rhythmic precision strikes, the singing, the overall cohesion of the school, dance and artistic component of the theme of statements, female standard-bearer. Women bearers traditionally held at the head of each procession with ceremonies.
Ash Wednesday is known for performing the counting points each school through the work of 40 referees. They evaluate four in each of the ten categories, which are broadcast television companies live across the country. Winning at any of the schools celebrated a victory comparable to the football team, with fireworks and festivities school participants. Their opponents, get a second and third place, also receive cash prizes.
Easy viewing carnival due to the presence tribune "Sambódromo" near Estació. Grandstand can accommodate up to 88,500 spectators. Carnival begins on the arena with a length of 700 meters. The parade starts at 21.00 and lasts for 10 hours daily.
Preparing for the next carnival takes place immediately after the end of the current carnival. Each league consists of thousands of professionals. The presence of private sponsors rather simplifies the life of the participants and reduces the cost of creating the costumes.
Naturally carnival participants save for a year on the whole, in order to achieve maximum heights in the parade. For tourists is a museum that has a carnival theme. The museum is located in the Sambodromo and every day throughout the year awaits its visitors. The entire museum staff is fluent in English, which allows each tourist to learn about the traditions and other details of the carnival.
It is worth noting that during the procession of the carnival, hotels in the city lack of places for tourists and visitors, as well as increase the cost of the hotel rooms. Most of the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro leave the city, so that during the carnival spend some quiet time with the family. The desire of local leave their homes due to the parade opinion on raising the level of crime. This is not surprising, since the appearance on the streets celebrating million people, increases the voltage of the criminal situation.
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