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Navigate Home Apartments Flights& Arrival Info. Flight Finder Where to stay Money ATMs in Brazil Eating Out Entertainment Excursions Security Health Tour Guide Love Motels Termas-Massage Brazil Swingers Basic Facts Tourist News Brazil News Portuguese Phrases Links Site Map	It's Carnival Time Carnival is celebrated at Lent which is 40 days before Easter. Historically this is the start of a 40 day period of abstinance. So Carnival was a time to let your hair down and have a party before these 40 boring days took hold. Nowdays it is just an excuse for having a wild party. It is a very commercialised affair now and tickets to the main parade down the sambadrome ( which occurs 3 nights running ( sunday thru tuesday) are difficult to get hold of. You need to buy as early as possible in the year ahead. Plan for a long night and an unforgetable experience. It usually starts around 8 pm and don't expect to get away until 6 am if you want to see it all. Security is good and taxis readily available to get you home. Food and refreshments easily available on site. Pre-Carnival Balls. These normally start on the Friday before the parade and are held in large clubs/theatres around Rio. Some are private for the very wealthy but others are accesible to the general public. Also most clubs and discos will put something special on. If you are an exibicionist and have no problems with wild public debauchery then you will enjoy some of the pre-carnival balls - late in the evening almost anything goes. Tickets to these balls vary but expect to pay up to $50. You can come in costume if you like but bermuda shorts and a colorful shirt are the norm for men. On the Saturday following the Carnival the winners do a free parade around the centre of Rio de Janeiro. Carnival Dates for next few years 2008 - February 03rd 2009 - February 22nd 2010 - February 13th 2011 - March 05th Copacabana during Carnival The place is crowded during Carnival, apart from foreign tourists many Brazilians tourists will be found at this time of year. There are more men competing for the girls but more girls come in from other towns and stay in Rio for a month or so over the high holiday season ( January & February ). Prices are more expensive, including Help disco and other clubs, but prices still not excessive compared to some countries. If you want to experience a wild time and don't mind a little extra cost then Carnival is the time for you. Seats in the Sambadrome The most expensive seats are in the enclosed boxes ( camarotes ). These are air conditioned and can take up to 12 people although that is a bit cramped. You will be mixing with rich and famous people in these boxes. Next best ( price wise and view ) are the stands ( Arquibancadas ). Good views as they are raised. The whole sambadrome is a pretty basic place, just a bare concrete structure so your backside is going to get sore if you sit down for too long so you might want to bring some type of cushion. But you'll be standing for a lot of the time in order to see as everyone will be up dancing, jigging around etc. Practising for the 2008 Carnival

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Carnival is celebrated at Lent which is 40 days before Easter. Historically this is the start of a 40 day period of abstinance. So Carnival was a time to let your hair down and have a party before these 40 boring days took hold. Nowdays it is just an excuse for having a wild party. It is a very commercialised affair now and tickets to the main parade down the sambadrome ( which occurs 3 nights running ( sunday thru tuesday) are difficult to get hold of. You need to buy as early as possible in the year ahead. Plan for a long night and an unforgetable experience. It usually starts around 8 pm and don't expect to get away until 6 am if you want to see it all. Security is good and taxis readily available to get you home. Food and refreshments easily available on site.

Pre-Carnival Balls. These normally start on the Friday before the parade and are held in large clubs/theatres around Rio. Some are private for the very wealthy but others are accesible to the general public. Also most clubs and discos will put something special on. If you are an exibicionist and have no problems with wild public debauchery then you will enjoy some of the pre-carnival balls - late in the evening almost anything goes. Tickets to these balls vary but expect to pay up to $50. You can come in costume if you like but bermuda shorts and a colorful shirt are the norm for men.

On the Saturday following the Carnival the winners do a free parade around the centre of Rio de Janeiro.

2008 - February 03rd
2009 - February 22nd
2010 - February 13th
2011 - March 05th

Copacabana during Carnival
The place is crowded during Carnival, apart from foreign tourists many Brazilians tourists will be found at this time of year. There are more men competing for the girls but more girls come in from other towns and stay in Rio for a month or so over the high holiday season ( January & February ). Prices are more expensive, including Help disco and other clubs, but prices still not excessive compared to some countries. If you want to experience a wild time and don't mind a little extra cost then Carnival is the time for you.

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Seats in the Sambadrome
The most expensive seats are in the enclosed boxes ( camarotes ). These are air conditioned and can take up to 12 people although that is a bit cramped. You will be mixing with rich and famous people in these boxes. Next best ( price wise and view ) are the stands ( Arquibancadas ). Good views as they are raised. The whole sambadrome is a pretty basic place, just a bare concrete structure so your backside is going to get sore if you sit down for too long so you might want to bring some type of cushion. But you'll be standing for a lot of the time in order to see as everyone will be up dancing, jigging around etc.

CARNIVAL GIRL 2008 Practising for the 2008 Carnival

Carnival in Rio De Janeiro