The Rio Samba Carnival Parade
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It`s helpful to understand that parade in Portuguese is desfile. It's a serious contest among different neighborhoods, divided into three leagues that vie for top ranking following the annual carnival parades.
Preparations for the big Rio Samba Parade start in the year preceding Carnaval, with each samba school counts with thousands of supporters to make it happen. Months before the parade, a theme is chosen at every samba school. Then, after a fierce competition, the song is picked. Last, the costumes and floats are secretly created by locals inside their communities
The rehearsals take place by beginning of December - three months before the big samba parade - with carnavalescos - the school "architect" - choreographing the dances and the movements. By the same time, samba songs are released, recorded and sent to record stores for the entire population to get familiarized with.
The Special Group is formed by twelve samba schools, with six schools parading in each of the two first nights - Sunday February 10 and Monday February 11. These two parades have a very similar setting and importance. A drawing conducted by the organizers determines which schools parade when.
The winner and 5 runners-up from the Special Group make part of the Winners' Parade the Saturday after Carnival, February 16 this year.
The Access Group is composed by 12 samba schools, which all of them parading on Saturday February 9. The winner and the runner up are promoted to parade with the Special Group at the following year. The two less qualified also descend to Group B, which parades on Thursday February 8.
Full Schedule for the 2013 Rio Carnival Samba Parades at the Sambodromo
| Special Group Parade - The parade of the parades. | ||
| Time | February 10th (Sunday) | February 11th (Monday) |
| 21:00 - 22:15 | Renascer de Jacarepaguá | São Clemente |
| 22:05 - 22:20 | Portela | União da Ilha |
| 23:10 - 23:45 | Imperatriz | Salgueiro |
| 00:15 - 01:05 | Mocidade | Mangueira |
| 01:20 - 02:30 | Porto da Pedra | Unidos da Tijuca |
| 02:25 - 03:50 | Beija-Flor | Grande Rio |
| 03:30 - 05:15 | Vila Isabel | |
| Access Group - Second Tier of Samba Schools | |
| Time | February 9th (Saturday) |
| 20:00 | Paraíso do Tuiutí |
| 21:00 | Acadêmicos da Rocinha |
| 22:00 | Estácio de Sá |
| 23:00 | Inocentes de Belford Roxo |
| 00:00 | Império da Tijuca |
| 01:00 | Unidos do Viradouro |
| 02:00 | Acadëmicos de Santa Cruz |
| 03:00 | Império Serrano |
| 04:00 | Acadêmicos do Cubango |
| Winners' Parade - Champion and 5 runner-up from Special Group | |
| Time | February 16th (Saturday) |
| 21:00 | 6th place |
| 10:05 | 5th place |
| 11:10 | 4th place |
| 00:15 | 3rd place |
| 01:20 | Runnerup |
| 02:25 | Champion |
| Other Parades with lesser interest for the tourist | |
Group B - 14 schools parade on Tuesday February 12th, from 7 PM. |
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The main Samba Parades are on SUN and MON. But also consider the Access League Samba Parade and the Winners Parade.
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