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fireheartwraith · 3 months

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There are a lot of different traditions during Carnaval, but the allegoric cars players have been building are known to be part of the Parade of the Samba Schools, so I thought I'd explain how it works!

For starters, the Parade is a competition. Each team is called a samba school and they have their own flag and history. People can be really hard or die for their teams! Some are connected to soccer teams, like Gaviões da Fiel (the school) is connected to Corinthians. The two main parades (of this type of carnaval) happen in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Each school has one hour to completely walk across the sambódromo, and in that hour they have to tell a story or message. That is one of the things they are judged on! The criteria are the drums, the samba-enredo (enredo literally means plot, but this is a genre of samba), the evolution (how the story develops), the harmony (is everyone singing together? Do the people in the parade know the lyrics?), the plot itself, the allegoric cars and accessories, the costumes, the opening act, and the mestre-sala and porta-bandeira.

The parade is divided into sections called alas, and each one of them functions as a chapter in the story being told and have their own separate choreography. The first one is the Comissão de Frente (the opening act). They set the tone for the rest of the team and the public, so it’s common to see celebrities here to get the audience hyped.

Another crucial part is the drums. They are setting the beat that everyone is dancing to, so they shouldn’t make any mistakes. To both hype them and keep the pacing is the Rainha da Bateria (the Queen of the Drums). She’s a woman dancing samba in very minimal clothing but very heavy accessories. This is a very prestigious spot, the dream of any passista (this is what the samba dancers are called). Since they are the face of the parade, celebrities are sometimes given the position, and not all of them deserve it.

There are other passistas atop the allegoric cars, but they are not the only type of dancers. There’s the Ala das Baianas (ala of the baiana women): older (usually black but not necessarily) women dancing in traditional clothing. Honestly one of my favorite parts of the parades.

But my favorite part is the mestre-sala and porta-bandeira. There are several throughout the parade, but only the first one is graded. They are a couple: the man is the mestre-sala dancing around the porta-bandeira (literally 'flag carrier'), who dances with the school flag, and wears a big skirt, usually in the school colors. I wanted to be one when I was a kid, they dance doing twirls and it just looked like so much fun.

There are other unnamed alas, of course, and the allegoric cars.

The samba schools are very tied to black history and black communities, so their stories are usually very powerful. Like the year they represented a former president as a blood sucking vampire with the presidential sash, or this year, where they showed a statue of a known slaver graffited and on fire. Seriously, some of these cars are insane, and most of them have moving parts while also being light enough to be pushed or motored across the sambódromo, but sturdy enough to support all the dancers on top of it. A true feat of engineering! See the size of the woman near the statue's feet compared to the whole thing?

Most people celebrate carnaval by going to street parties called "bloco de carnaval" (basically a mini parade with live music), but these huge parade still get a big audience, despite streaming so late at night.

Here's this year's presentation from Vai-Vai if you're curious to see everything in motion! Originally, I had put a link to Estácio de Sá's presentation, but some politicians want to apply sanctions to Vai-Vai because it represented cops as demons. A few days later, a white man attempted to kill a black man, and the black man was arrested despite witnesses telling the cops what really happened. When news broke out, they kept him in prison on claims of "resisting arrest." So, why is it wrong to say cops are devils?

Anyways, the Vai-Vai presentation is about celebrating blackness and black creativity and resilience. Happy Carnaval! The winners this year were Mocidade Alegre in São Paulo and Unidos da Viradouro in Rio de Janeiro. You can look up their presentations if you want to.

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vinsmokesangio · 3 months

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Carnival 💛🇧🇷

pairing: Tom Blyth x reader

warnings: none i guess (?)

summary: you and your friends decide to make a quick trip to Brazil during the Carnaval holidays. of course it’s the perfect opportunity to make things real between you and Tom <3

a/n: It's Carnival in Brazil! A delicious holiday in the middle of our summer with 4 days of celebration. To celebrate and make a special edition, I created a social media au based on the universe of this one, where you, Tom and your friends travel to Brazil to party. In my mind, Tom would love the Carnival atmosphere, so why not make it happen in a parallel universe? hahaha I hope you like it and get to know a little more about our culture!

yournameyln | 📍Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

tagged: @/tomblyth @/yourfriend1 @/yourfriend2 @/yourfriend3

liked by tomblyth, rachelzegler and others

yournameyln: what a beautiful place! i’m already in love with the “caipirinhas” 🍹💛

yourfriend1: i love being with you <3

user1: loved the outfit! ↳ yournameyln: thank you love x

user2: tom looks so happy 🥰 ↳ user3: are they together? :/ ↳ user1: it looks like.....

tomblyth: i love you ↳ yournameyln: i love you ↳ user4: oh my god??? ↳ user2: @/user3 i think this explains your question ↳ user3: @/user2 It doesn't mean anything, they are best friends until then ↳ user4: What kind of best friends post photos holding hands exclusively on stories when there are other friends with them? ↳ user5: yes, plus she could have posted just one related to him but she posted two 🤨

tomblyth: btw my tan is prettier than yours ↳ yournameyln: shut up everybody knows it’s artificial

tomblyth | 📍Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

tagged: @/yournameyln @/yourfriend1 @/yourfriend2 @/yourfriend3

liked by yournameyln, rachelzegler, maya_hawke and others

tomblyth: brazilian carnival in Salvador and some of my favorite people in the world.

yournameyln: you're my favorite person 🥺 ↳ user6: awwww ↳ user2: "some of my favourite people” and it’s just y/n 🤪

user7: she's out of his league, fr ↳ user8: gurl get a life ↳ user9: while you send hate to her, they are traveling together and being more intimate than you will ever be with him - liked by author

yourfriend2: what a amazing trip, ily so much <3 - liked by author

yournameyln: o amor está no ar <3 - liked by author ↳ @/user: omg it means "love is in the air", they're so cute i cant

#tom blyth imagine #tom blyth x reader #coriolanus x reader #coriolanus snow #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #giowriting #tom blyth #carnival au #brazilian carnival #coryo snow #tbosas #tbosas au #president snow

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burntpink · 1 year

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Bloco de carnaval Carmen Miranda Rio de Janeiro, 2003 foto de Carles Solís

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pop-generation · 7 months

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#brasil #carnaval #candomblé #orixá #orishas #exu #esù #exú #carnival #brazil #brazilian carnival #brazilian dream #brazilian artists #umbanda #spirituality #spiritual development #black goddes #black power #latin power

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unplugstar · 1 month

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Jorge Ben e Gal Costa, 1981

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sandytrish008 · 3 months

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I wanted to draw something for Carnaval this year, it's not really my thing to join in Carnival parties but the music and costumes are pretty cool 🎭

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dragonpreg · 2 months

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my favorite brazilian annual canonical event of carnival is watching the samba schools parade on tv at midnight cheering for all schools because everything is so cool

#brazilian carnival #samba schools parade #brazil

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vixen-academia · 3 months

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Carnival season in Braziiiil

#carnivalcore #carnival #carnaval #brazilian carnival

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caparbales · 5 months

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Brasil 🇧🇷

#artists on tumblr #digital art #art #colorful #drawing #girl #brazil #brazilian carnival #happyy #life in color

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larytello · 1 year

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Passistas de Frevo!

It's carnival time here in Brasil, so I opened up YCH commissions on my Telegram channel to draw people's fursonas as Frevo dancers and drew these (first one is mine, the others are for a few close friends) to be an example of what this YCH looks like. I intend to not repeat anyone, every single requested one will be drawn in a different outfit and dancing pose!

Got some requests already, so in a few days I should be posting more of these!

#Carnaval #Frevo #Passista de frevo #Pernambuco #Brasil #Brazil #Carnival #Brazilian Carnival #Furry Art #Commissions Open #My Art

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anthonyspage · 1 year

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#Brazilian Carnival #Carnival #Dancer #Feathers #Carnival Outfit #Brazilian #Art #App #Adult Colouring Book #Adult Coloring Book #Tap Color - Color By Number #My Post

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tennis-out-of-context · 2 years

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#rafael nadal #rafael nadal gifs #gustavo kuerten #gustavo kuerten gifs #david ferrer #david ferrer gifs #brazilian carnival #dancing #tennis #tennis gifs

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burntpink · 3 months

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at 10am today someone in the neighborhood was blasting axé music full volume, so i stick my head outside my window trying to understand what's going on outside, just to find a single mechanic from the nearby workshop dancing beside his car's audio system like he was on a micareta. alone, on a sunday morning. and that's when it hit me: it's february.

when carnaval approaches, nothing will be said - but there will be signs.