Thousands of dancers, representing seven of the city's elite samba schools, paraded through the purpose-built stadium.
This year's Rio de Janeiro's carnival held its second night of parades on Monday night. Thousands of dancers, representing seven of the city's elite samba schools, paraded through the purpose-built stadium, all hoping to be named 2019 carnival champions. Another seven competed last night.
Like New Orleans's Mardi Gras, Rio's carnival marks the beginning of Lent, a celebration before the 40 days of fasting. But carnival is much bigger than Mardi Gras. It is more like Brazil's version of the Super Bowl—virtually the whole country comes to a standstill to watch the parades on TV. The seven schools that competed last night were: São Clemente, Vila Isabel, Portela, União da Ilha, Paraíso do Tuiuti, Mangueira and Mocidade. Newsweek presents photos of each school's parade.
Portela Bianca Monteiro dances during Portela's performance. Raphael Dias/Getty Images Actress Sheron Menezzes takes part in Portela samba school's parade. Raphael Dias/Getty Images Mauro Pimentel/AFP Mauro Pimentel/AFP Mauro Pimentel/AFP Raphael Dias/Getty Images Mauro Pimentel/AFP
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