Rio Carnival
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carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Vinony's link graph records 279 inbound references to Rio Carnival, and connects out to Mardi Gras, Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí and Estação Primeira de Mangueira.
Vinony files it under Culture of Brazil, Infobox holiday (other) and Rio Carnival.
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- cultural, religious
- Significance
- Celebration prior to fasting season of Lent .
- Celebrations
- Parades, parties, open-air performances
- Begins
- Friday before Ash Wednesday (51 days to Easter)
- Ends
- Ash Wednesday noon (46 days before Easter)
- 2025 date
- Afternoon, February 28 –, midday, March 5
- 2026 date
- Afternoon, February 13 –, midday, February 18
- 2027 date
- Afternoon, February 5 –, midday, February 10
- 2028 date
- Afternoon, February 25 –, midday, March 1
- Duration
- 5 days
- Frequency
- annual
- Related to
- Carnival , Brazilian Carnival , Ash Wednesday , Lent
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Brazilian carnival
- Country
- Brazil
- Location
- Rio de Janeiro
- Official website
- www.rio-carnival.net
- Image
- Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.jpg
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- Commons category
- Carnival of Rio de Janeiro
- topic's main category
- Category:Rio Carnival
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Encyclopedic overview
The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest celebration of Carnival in the world, with two million people per day on the streets. The first Carnival festival in Rio occurred in 1723.
The typical Rio Carnival parade is filled with revelers, floats, and adornments from numerous samba schools which are located in Rio (more than 200 approximately, divided into five leagues/divisions). A samba school is composed of a collaboration of local neighbours that want to attend the carnival together, with some kind of regional, geographical and common background.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rio Carnival” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.