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Day 11-Carnaval

Posted by JMKCK | 17th December 2007

Today was the most exciting day of our Brazil trip. We participated in the holiday of Carnaval, and we also learned how to dance samba, which is a popular dance here.
We began our day with samba classes. For this we went to a school of samba called Mangueira. Here we learned a routine to a dance by Max Lopes. Samba developed as a distinctive kind of music at the beginning of the 20th century in Rio de Janeiro (then the capital of Brazil) under the strong influence of immigrant black people. We noticed that samba was a fast paced and energetic dance. People in Brazil have samba running through their blood. Every time a rhythmic song comes up, Brazilians are bound to stop what their doing to dance a couple steps. They dance samba mainly at Carnaval and parties, get-togethers, etc. We definitely got some exercise and had lots of fun dancing the samba. In total, it cost R$20 per person.
After lunch, we put on some colorful clothes for the Carnaval parade. We went to a street in Rio de

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