Brazil is the biggest country in all of South America and one of the biggest in the world. The whole country is 3,287,597 square miles long and it is the fifth biggest country in the world. Since they have so much space in a very big country, they have enough room to host the biggest parties the world has ever seen. Of course I am talking about the world famous Festivals in Brazil. The Festivals or carnivals in Brazil are celebrated two weeks before Ash Wednesday, which are celebrated on many days. But all these events are celebrated on the common ground, which is Brazil. Every location of the festivals has its meanings and how they all started.
Since these huge parties are celebrated in many parts of Brazil, they are celebrated in four major parts of the huge country. The cities would be Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and Recife and Olinda. But first of all, people are always thinking that the parades are just these huge parties and that people are just having a good time, even though that is true, the people are mostly making a political statement to the government and to all the people. They are protesting, that was the soul purpose of the whole idea of the parade but there is also nothing bad for also having a great time during the parades.
Well the first city I wanted to concentrate in the parades would be the parade of Rio de Janeiro or “Carnival in Rio.” The city of Rio de Janeiro is located in the Southeastern side of Brazil. It is the more popular parade than the other three. The parade in Rio de Janeiro is very festive with a lot of different costumes and floats and neighborhoods become rhythm machines as more than 600 block parties and street parades send up a cacophony of drums, whistles, triangles, and yelping instruments. They have been celebrating carnavals in Rio de Janeiro ever since the 1800’s, so the city has much history under its belt with the famous parades. The parades and all the festivities are greatly inspired by Afro influence since Rio de Janeiro has history dating back to the Portuguese colonial period in Brazil and they have brought many African slaves into Brazil. So the dances culture and most of everything that has to do with the carnavals and parades have a huge Afro influence. A group named escolas de samba, which is school of samba in English, originates all the parades or festivals.
The second city in which festivals are celebrated would be the city of Salvador. Salvador is located in the Northeastern side of Brazil. Salvador in the home of the biggest street party in world, it is proven in the Guinness book of world records. It is also the first center of government in 1549 to 1763 in Brazil and it is Brazil’s capital for music. In the past Salvador or Bahia was the Portuguese sugar industry and also their location for their slave trade, so there is a huge Afro influence in this city. During the parades and street parties; there are many rituals that are being performed during the festivals. Religion also has a major part of the parades and the whole idea of the festivals. Also as in Rio de Janeiro, Salvador’s festivals have a huge Afro influence in their parades and in their whole culture. As years go by during the festivals, customs are being changed and new things are being used. Even though the dances are still traditionally practiced in the festivals there are things such as the parades that look different every year. Also all the rituals performed during Salvador’s parades are really attached to their roots, that they still sing in some places in African languages from their native roots from the past.
The third and fourth cities in which they celebrate festivals and parades have to be the cities of Recife and Olinda. Recife is located in the Northeastern side of Brazil and Olinda is located in the Northeastern side of Brazil, close to the Atlantic Ocean. Both cities are known for their more political and authentic parades in Brazil. They are more political with their parades because they are located on a very poor economic city in Brazil. All these groups in the city started their parades and all the political movements because in the past slave owners let slaves choose their own kings and other ranking within the slaves. They would run through churches and start to dance passed the churches. Ever since they were able to parade around and it later became a huge tradition. Their parades start when people start hearing the sound of drums going down through the streets of Recife and Olinda.
All these cities are celebrated with the world’s biggest parties and festivals because they all have background dating back to the days of Portuguese rule. Even though some cities have more history to their names, the ones that are celebrated with the carnivals and festivals are the ones that began all the parades and rallying and showing their thoughts on political issues or anything else that they would want to protest. There are also other parts of Brazil in which they celebrate festivals and parades. The whole country is full of festival and it recognized by the whole world. Their movements are really taking affect because the world and their whole country are able to come together and celebrate one common purpose and that is to have a great time and also give a political statement. It is a tradition that common ground in which all the festivals have been celebrated on and all the people through out the years that have also celebrated, it is what brings everybody together.
Thank you for your enthusiasm, Alan. Some folks do go just to party, though. Your entry is th eonly one I've seen that addressed the different carnivals in Brazil. Congrats. However, it reads as though it was written in a hurry. It is very confusing to read in places, especially when you attempt to give a time line. It also has no citations and you have no bibliography. Aside from all of that, it is full of grammatical errors. You were given a chance to spruce this up, but perhaps you forgot? You have to write a lot more in order to improve your writing. Sign up at the writing lab.
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