Rio De Janerio, Brazil
By Leah Tritabaugh
Rio Carnival
Rio Carnival is a festival in Brazil that lasts for five days. It is a time for all of Rio to come together. It is a very popular tourist attraction. Carnival celebrates the unique culture of Brazil. We saw tons of giant parade floats and elaborate costumes. We heard a type of music called "samba". It is a very exciting holiday!
Carnival Float
There are many elaborate floats for the parade, like this dragon. They are very detailed.
Carnival Costumes
Carnival has many crazy costumes like this eagle in the parade. There are thousands of people that participate in the parade.
Parade
This is just one float in the giant parade. There are many breathtaking sights.
Maracana Stadium
Soccer is the most important sport in South America. In Brazil, they call soccer "football". Maracana Stadium is a gigantic soccer stadium. We got tickets to watch the team Flamengo and it was awesome! It was packed because Flamengo is one of the most successful teams, and the stadium can fit 80,000 people in it.
Maracana Stadium
As you can see, it's really big! We could hardly find our way around.
Flamengo Logo
The Flamengo logo also matches their jerseys. We had a lot of fun watching them play!
Maracana Field
This is one of the views we had while watching the game. Flamengo has a lot of fans.
Resources
costume:
http://www.rio-carnival.net/_images/_photos/440_portela01.jpg
dragon float: http://media.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/images/2010/feb10/carnival_sm/carnival17.jpg
colors float:
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/pc/Revellers+Mangueira+samba+school+participate+kBhjcNFVtFQl.jpg
carnival websites:
http://www.rio.com/rio-carnival/about-rio-samba-parade
Maracana site:
http://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-rio-de-janeiro/
Flamengo site:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clube_de_Regatas_do_Flamengo
Maracana:
http://resources.touropia.com/gfx/d/tourist-attractions-in-rio-de-janeiro/maracana_stadium.jpg
Flamengo: