Brazil Vacation
Rio de Janeiro and its Carnival, a Vibrant Option
Rio de Janeiro is one of the most important and beautiful cities of Brazil and the world. It was founded the 1st of March of 1565 by Estacio de Sá and it was the capital of the country from 1764 to 1960, when the seat of the government was transferred to Brasilia.
Rio de Janeiro is a charming destiny for your vacations. It is built between the mountains and the sea and in some places the wide of the city is reduced to ten blocks. This took to the construction of tunnels and bridges that make it more colorful and attractive to the national and international tourism.
The climate of Rio de Janeiro is subtropical, with temperatures average of 23º C (73 º F), which turns it an irresistible destiny for vacations.
The city is famous by its beaches, their Cristo Redentor del Corcovado, its carnivals and the mountain Pan de Azúcar.
Rio de Janeiro is served by two airports that are the main front door for the tourism: Santos Dumont who makes the domestic flights and towards the MERCOSUR, and the the International Airport Antonio Carlos Jobim, Galeao call, also located in the Isla del Gobernador.
In addition to its famous beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana, the city is transformed completely into the second week of February to celebrate the Rio Carnival, one of the main attractions of the tourism in Rio de Janeiro.
These fests have an inspiration of catholic characteristics, although is celebrated more like a pagan celebration.
Rio de Janeiro Carnival
Many travelers have different criteria on which carnival is most famous in the world.
There are some who maintain warmly that the Carnival of Barranquilla, in Colombia, the Carnival of Mejias, in Peru, or the Carnival of Mazatlan in Mexico.
It seems that Rio de Janeiro Carnival, in Brazil, takes the palms in the international information. The great colorful diversity and the popular fest in different towns are a powerful attraction for the tourism, and a way to reach the cultures.
Rio de Janeiro is a magnet every year in the first days of February. Thousands of people of diverse places of the country and the world meet to give life to the incredible Carnival there. That festive and cosmopolitan spirit is its greater attractive and a strong motive for vacation in Brazil.
The splendor is impressive in their reality. Music and parades become the great protagonist. The Sambódromo is the better spectacle, in special the procession of the superior schools of samba.
The schools are prepared throughout the year to compete at the great moment of the Carnival that becomes disorder of the routines and an immense “batucada” outcry of. The efforts to shine better in the competition create the fantastic and exuberant colorful of the celebration.
The name samba means “dance of the navels” and is derived from “semba” or reverence that dancers of “batuque” made in Africa to invite to dance while dancers touch its navels each other. In each state of Brazil samba has a different expression, because of the encounter with cultures of other regions and Europe.
The tourists can joint the parades paying a rate that includes the clothes and it allows them participate in the dance practices also.
Rio de Janeiro Carnival is your best hot choice for hot Brazil vacation.
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