The carnival in Rio de Janeiro has many choices including the famous
Escolas de Samba parades in the "sambódromo" and the popular "blocos de
carnaval" that parade in almost every corner of the city. The most
famous ones are the following:
Cordão do bola preta : Parades in the center of the city, it is one of
the most traditional "blocos de carnaval".
Ipanema's band : gay parade that goes through the ipanema beach.
Suvaco do cristo : Band that parade in the botanic garden, right bellow
the cristo redentor arm, the name in English translate to "Christ's
armpit", and was chosen for that reason.
Carmelitas : Band that was suposedly created by nums, but in fact it is
just an alegory of the band. It parades in the hills of Santa Teresa,
witch have very nice views.
