The Brazilian carnival returns without restrictions due to the pandemic and in search of a record: 46 million people dancing

The parties of carnivalwhich paralyze Brazil for five days and have their epicenter in Rio de Janeiro, reborn this friday for an edition that should make some 46 million people dance across the country, including foreign tourists, and raise 1,558 million dollars.

The figures come from the Ministry of Tourism, which expect record numbers in the first complete edition of the carnival after the 2021 parties were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and those of 2022 were limited to a small number of cities, also due to health restrictions and in which the troops street were not allowed, soul and carnival life.

According to the projections of the National Confederation of Commerce (CNC) quoted by the ministry, the income generated by Carnival throughout Brazil will amount to approximately $1,558 milliona value 26.9% higher than that of 2022 and which, if fulfilled, will be the second highest in the last 11 years, surpassed only by that of 2020 ($1,629 million), before the pandemic.

Slightly more than half of this income will be pocketed by Rio de Janeirowith 870 million dollars, since its parties are among the most famous in the world and those that attract the most Brazilian and foreign tourists every year.

Despite the fact that the festivities flood most Brazilian cities with music and dance, including some small ones like Ouro Preto and Olinda, famous for their attractive carnivals, Rio de Janeiro steals the show for the majesty of its samba “escolas”. .

The parade of the twelve “schools” of samba of the so-called Special Group, a kind of first category among the nearly 100 that will be presented this year, is considered the The biggest outdoor show in the world and the carioca carnival main attraction.

Cada una de estas doce agrupaciones, con unos 3.500 integrantes entre músicos, ballerinas y figuras destacadas y con gigantescas carrozas alegóricas, desfila por los 700 metros del sambódromo ante los 74.000 espectadores que ya agotaron las entradas para las presentations previstas para para y doche del noches Monday.

But it is the “blocos” (comparsas), with their free and colorful street parades during the five days of carnival, which increasingly attract those who wish to have fun at the party and who, disguised or not and beer at hand or not, they dance and sing behind their lively brass bands.

According to the Ministry of Tourism, some 5 million people will dance to the rhythm of the 400 blocos which will parade in Rio de Janeiro this year, a figure three times lower than that enjoyed by the comparsas of São Paulo (15 million), even if in the largest city in Brazil, the vast majority of revelers will be local.

The carnivals that most tourists compete with that of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil are those of Salvador and Recife, whose massive festivities are animated by music of African origin and in which parade comparsas and electric trios (trucks equipped with ‘sound amplifiers and a platform for orchestras) don’t give a minute’s rest.

(With information from EFE)

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