Samba Schools Parade - Carnival 2010 / Series: Life in Rio.

Samba Schools Parade - Carnival 2010 / Series: Life in Rio.

The Sambadrome ["Sambodromo" in portuguese] was designed by Oscar Niemeyer and built in 1984. It consists of 700 m stretch of the Marques de Sapucai street converted into a permanent parade ground with bleachers built on either side for spectators. Its capacity is 90,000. The complex includes an area located at the end of the parade route, Apotheosis Square, where the bleachers are set further back from the parade area, creating a square where revelers gather as they end their parade.
The official Carnival parades take place just before the start of Lent. They are held for four consecutive nights, during which schools parade one after another from 8pm until the morning. The Access Group A samba schools are hosted on Saturday, Special Group on Sunday and Monday and Group Rio de Janeiro 1 on Tuesday. The Special Group nights are by far the biggest attractions. The parades are televised nationally and are watched by large audiences.
Each samba school has a preset amount of time (80 minutes) to parade from one end of the Sambadrome to the other with all its thousands of dancers, its drum section, and a number of floats. Each school has its own unique qualities according to its own traditions. Schools are graded by a jury, and the competition is ferocious. On Ash Wednesday grades are gathered and one school is declared the winner. The Parade of Champions is held the following Saturday featuring the six winning Samba Schools in the Special Group category.


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