The first revelry of Carnival in Belo Horizonte It happened before the city’s inauguration in January 1897, according to data from the city hall of the mining capital. The party began with the workers who built the new capital, which organized themselves in a parade of cars and wagons from Liberdade Square to Afonso Pena.
The first street block came only in the following century, in 1947. Leão da Lagoinha Block He paraded around the city and maintains tradition to this day. In 2025, his procession happens on Monday (3). The concentration is at 14h, at Rua Itapecerica, 900.
Samba school parades began shortly thereafter, in the 1980s. In 2025, 13 schools parade on Avenida dos Andradas.
The carnival of Belo Horizonte was growing in 2017, when 368 blocks and 3 million revelers left the streets of the capital of Minas Gerais.
In 2025, 568 street blocks registered to participate in the carnival of Belo Horizonte. This number represents a growth of 31.16% compared to 2015, when 177 blocks went to the streets of the capital of Minas Gerais.
Belo Horizonte prepares to welcome 6 million revelers this year throughout the official period, from February 15 to March 9. In 2024, the city had a flow of 5.5 million people in the blocks. In 2015, this number was 1.5 million. Which represents a 25% increase in the number of revelers in the last ten years.
This content was originally published in Carnival in BH: 1st Folia happened before the city’s inauguration on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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