Brazil Carnival  Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Website:
http://t.co/zAxH3WzOnY   I conceived the idea of a web site for
the Brazilian Carnival when we found that we had cultural
related questions ( and problems) for which we could not readily
find answers. My partners are also long-term Cariocas and proud
admirers of the Brazilian Carnival culture. At carnival time in
Brazil and especially in Rio, everyone, rich and poor, young and
old, men and women, boys and girls can participate and indulge
in this Carnival spirit fantasies as the city becomes ever more
joyful and colorful. The music, the pageantry, the costumes and
the street dancing go on for several nights just prior to the
beginning of Lent. Many thousands of people participate as each
of more than two dozen Samba Schools, each with several thousand
members; entertain the city for eighty-two minutes in their turn
as they are being judged by a panel of carnival experts. Our
website is for the visitors, Brazilian or foreign tourists, to
enhance their