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Carnival and Celebrations
Olinda. In Rio the focus is on samba way to start any year, especially if
and the parade of the samba you can get a hotel room
schools on the Sunday and Monday overlooking the beach.
evenings, in Salvador the focus is
on the Trio Electricos and the Axé Rio very successfully hosted the
bands that parade through the city, Pan American Games in 2007,
while in Recife and Olinda the back and the country is now looking
beat comes from frevo, maracatu forward to hosting the 2014
and other traditional rhythms. World Cup which promises to
Wherever you go in Brazil during be a month long celebration to
carnival, you won’t be far from a end all celebrations, especially if
party. Brazil keeps winning its matches
and lifts the trophy again in the
Another major spectacular final. Cities expected to host
celebration is to see in the New games include Rio, São Paulo,
Year on Copacabana Beach. You Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre,
will be one of 3 million people on Recife, Brasília, and Fortaleza. A
the beach, the vast majority total of 12 locations will be chosen
dressed in white. An unforgettable across Brazil.
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