Carnaval 2010- World Carnival Dates, Schedules and Information

As the carnival enjoyment and excitement begins, you can follow all the events and performance by artists on Youtube channel. Videos have started to be posted and will keep coming throughout the carnival period. You can follow rio carnival events live on this channel. It will be a 6 party days full of performances and dances.

Today there will be live flashes straight from Salvador’s carnival as well starting at 6p.m (gmt -3 time zone)

http://www.youtube.com/carnaval

Rio carnival and its excitement is about to begin in less than 24 hours. Below we list the day by day list of events that will take place during the carnival week starting from the opening ceremony where the carnival king will be crowned for 2011.

Friday, March 4th
13.00 Opening Ceremony – the Carnival King (Momo) is crowned by the city mayor and receives the city´s keys
19.00 Children´s Samba Schools Parade

Saturday, March 5th
09.30 Street Band Cordão do Bola Preta (Downtown)
16.00 Banda de Ipanema meets at Praça General Osório, Ipanema
19.00 Official Costume Competition in Hotel Gloria
20.00 Street Band Competition in Av. Rio Branco, Centro (Downtown)
21.00 Parade of the Samba Schools in the Access Group
23.00 The Magic Ball at Copacabana Palace Hotel

Sunday, March 6th
21.00 Parade of the Samba Schools in the Special Group

Monday, March 7th
21.00 Parade of the Samba Schools in the Special Group

Tuesday, March 8th
16.00 Banda de Ipanema marches for the last time
21.00 Parade of the Samba Schools in Group “B”
23.00 Gay Costume Ball in Rio Scala

During Rio Carnival you will hear many times the new word ‘Ziriguidum’ from Brazilian peoples. But you don’t know its meaning. So many people are still in doubts about the exact meaning of this very strange word ‘Ziriguidum’, and many of them not faced the word yet. But, apart from the unawareness of this particular word among in the large group of people even in this era, this is having its great significance in Brazilian samba and carnival’s music. So many people are very eager to know the exact meaning of the word ziriguidum but, it actually means onomatopoeic, which is nothing but a strong Brazilian and Portuguese word that is having a very great African tone in itself which usually expresses the pulsate sounds and also of some other instrumental voice which is usually one can heard in the famous Brazilian samba and in carnival music.

The word is also having it widest meaning and sonority. The well renowned uses of this particular word is “samba do ziriguidum” in the year 1976 which is a great song of the two great artist Jadir de castro and the Luiz Bittencourt which was a great release of Novos Baianos in the album caia na estrade e perigas ver. This is having its great significance among the Brazilians and the Portuguese.

The city is full of energy, smile and dance when the event of Rio Carnival gets started in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. From the funkier beaches to lights of the streets will keep you busy all the days and nights, which are full of entertainment, smiles and vibrant energy. Just keep blowing into the air of charm, enjoyment and sparkling dance floors where worldwide celebrations keep everybody on their toes. Starting this year on March 5th, Saturday online tickets are on the sale now. People cannot imagine this city without this flavor of dance, raunchy pop music, energetic dancing floors and music bands which are the latest and most sensational of its kind.

Enjoyment will soothe your mind and soul both with the street bands playing music of the most frivolous kind which will blow your leg to dance and only dance. There is no shadow of suspicion that singing, drinking and dancing will be the utmost and topmost attractions of this biggest carnival of the Earth where everyone will enjoy the most sensible and sexy moments of the life. It all goes with conformity that the carnival will be at the place where you can love the beloved, dance on your favorite music and drink what you like the most!