Samba Schools – The heart of the Rio Carnival

Samba Schools Make The Biggest Show Of Rio Carnival, The Samba Parade In Sambodromo.

The Rio Carnival wouldn't exist without the contribution of samba schools formed by groups of people from various communities in the city. Men, women, and children from each neighborhood come together irrespective of their social status to design and construct everything required for the Samba Parade, including composition of their individual samba theme song.

The heart of the Rio Carnival

Each school has its own set of dancers, musicians, and a team of choreographers who along with the costume designers and float builders create a unique performance for the Samba Parade. While the competitive spirit of each school remains strong, it does not lessen the camaraderie as each school vies for the championship title at the Sambadrome. Their enthusiasm at the Carnival is unmatched and rarely experienced at any other event on the planet.

LIESA Ranking

Independent League of Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro (LIESA) organizes the annual samba parade. According to its regulations, the winner of the previous year’s Access Group opens the Special Group parade on Sunday, while the group with the second lowest points opens Monday’s Samba parade. As per the LIESA rankings which is based on a 5 year period, at the end of the 2011 carnival, the top 3 schools were Beija Flor, Unidos da Tijuca and Salgueiro.
Grande Rio fand Vila Isabel both fell one position ending in 4th and 5th respectivelly.

Order Samba School 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 TOTAL POINTS
Pos. Pt. Pos. Pt. Pos. Pt. Pos. Pos. Pos. Pt.
1st G.R.E.S. Beija-Flor
de Nilópolis		 1st 20 1st 20 2nd 15 3rd 12 1st 20 87
2nd G.R.E.S. Unidos
da Tijuca		 4th 10 5th 8 9th 2 1st 20 2nd 15 55
G.R.E.S. Acadêmicos
do Salgueiro		 7th 4 2nd 15 1st 20 5th 8 5th 8 55
4th G.R.E.S. Acadêmicos
do Grande Rio		 2nd 15 3rd 12 5th 8 2nd 15 - 0 50
5th G.R.E.S. Unidos
de Vila Isabel		 6th 6 9th 2 4th 10 4th 10 4th 10 38
6th G.R.E.S. Estação
Primeira de Mangueira		 3rd 12 10th 1 6th 6 6th 6 3rd 12 37
7th G.R.E.S. Portela 8th 3 4th 10 3rd 12 9th 2 - 0 27
8th G.R.E.S. Imperatriz Leopoldinense 9th 2 6th 6 7th 4 8th 3 6th 6 21
9th G.R.E.S. Unidos
do Viradouro		 5th 8 7th 4 8th 3 12th 0 - - 15
10th G.R.E.S. Mocidade Ind.
de Padre Miguel		 11th 0 8th 3 11st 0 7th 4 7th 4 11
11th G.R.E.S. Unidos do
Porto da Pedra		 10th 1 11th 0 10th 1 10th 1 8th 3 6
12th G.R.E.S. São Clemente - - 12th 0 - - - - 9th 2 2
13th G.R.E.S. Império Serrano 12th 0 - - 12th 0 - - - - 0
G.R.E.S. União da
Ilha do Governador		 - - - - - - 11th 0 - 0 0
G.R.E.S. Estácio de Sá 13th 0 - - - - - - - - 0
G.R.E.S. Caprichosos
de Pilares		 - - - - - - - - - - 0

 

 


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