Pre-Carnival Sunday will be marked by street block parades in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In the capital of São Paulo, 80 of them take to the city streets. In Rio, 34 blocks are present.
Pre-Carnival highlights in São Paulo
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Lower Augusta Academics
Founded in 2009 by residents of the center, the Lower Augusta Academics It is today the largest carnival block in the capital, bringing together more than 1 million people. In 2024, the block will celebrate 15 years of history with a worthy celebration, with a parade through Consolação Street in day February 4th Sunday, from 3pm.
Under the theme “Resiste Amor em SP”, the group will have Criolo, Fafá de Belém, Jaloo, Tulipa Ruiz, Marisa Orth, Simoninha and the Heliópolis Symphony Orchestra in the lineup. Alessandra Negrini will wear a Debutante Queen costume and Thelminha will enter as a block diva.
Lower Augusta Academics: February 4th (Sunday), gathering at 2pm at the intersection of Rua da Consolação and Avenida Paulista.
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Monoblock
As the band's own slogan says, everything becomes a party with the Monoblock . With more than 20 years of history, the group began as a batucada workshop in Rio and ended up becoming a block in the capital of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Around 400 thousand revelers accompanied the trio in the capital of São Paulo last year in the region of Ibirapuera park .
This year the block should also draw a crowd on the day February 4th along Avenida Pedro Álvares Cabral, with the parade starting at 3pm. Hits such as “É Hoje”, “Taj Mahal” and “Explode Coração” together with the drums of Monobloco, with a hundred rhythmists, should entertain revelers with their carnival rhythms.
Monoblock: February 4th (Sunday), gathering at 2pm at the Ibirapuera Obelisk, on Avenida Pedro Álvares Cabral.
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Fervo Megablock
Considered the largest block in the North Zone of São Paulo, the Fervo Block is made up of members of Fervo Samba Show, made up of members from various associations in São Paulo.
The region between Santana and Tucuruvi is the stage for the block's parade, which will take place on the day February 4th to 2pm en route through Avenida Luis Dumont Villares .
Fervo Megablock: February 4th (Sunday), gathering from 1pm at Avenida, 1501, in Santana/Tucuruvi.
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Cheetah Skirt
Saia de Chita has been parading in São Paulo since 2007 and brings smiles to revelers with its procession of original composition and plurality. The outfit that gives the block its name is recommended to make the joy even more contagious.
This year the block will come out on the day February 4th and will gather from 8am on Rua Gurupá, in the Pompeia region, leaving at 9am and dispersing at 2pm.
It is worth mentioning that the kids version of the block, to be enjoyed with children, takes place the day before: Sainha de Chita starts at 11 am on Saturday (3) at Praça Rio dos Campos.
Cheetah Skirt: February 4th (Sunday), gathering from 8am at Rua Gurupá, 03, in Pompeia.
Highlights of pre-Carnival in Rio
Early in the morning, there are blocks in the city center, such as Bloco da Favorita, Cordão do Boitatá and Fogo e Paixão, all starting between 7am and 8am.
“On the eve of another parade by the brega block Fogo e Paixão, the butterflies in the stomach contrast with the heat that always dominates Largo de São Francisco de Paula. We will certainly be very happy this Sunday and you can bet that there will be no lack of shine!”, says Pedro Martins, one of the organizers of Fogo e Paixão, which debuted at Carnival in 2011.
“The block is cheesy”, summarized another Fogo e Paixão organizer, João Marcelo Oliveira. “We are a cheesy music block; our look is tacky. The repertoire is cheesy. The cheesier, the better. We love cheesy.”
The songs played are those of the great brega icons, such as Sidney Magal, Reginaldo Rossi, Rosana, Fagner.
“Our godfather is Wando”. But the block plays the most current cheesy songs too. “Sufferances and cheesy funks are also part of the repertoire. We are lucky to have chosen a theme that continues to produce material.”
João Marcelo stated that the block made a point of mischaracterizing the word brega as it was used in a pejorative way.
“Tacky, for us, is not bad. For us, tacky is too much. It's too much suffering, too much color. It's an excess of joy, fire, passion. For us, that’s what’s tacky.”
Fogo & Paixão's drums are called Sem Limite and are made up of 140 members, as well as two singers, two wind players and a guitarist. The production and support team has between 25 and 30 people.
Still on Sunday morning, there is Suvaco de Cristo (in Jardim Botânico), the children's Gigantes da Lira (in Laranjeiras) and Empolga at 9am (in Ipanema), all in the south zone.
Throughout the day there will be parades and presentations in other neighborhoods such as Méier, Grajaú, São Cristóvão and Engenho de Dentro (in the north zone), as well as Vila Valqueire and Bangu (in the west zone).
*With information from Agência Brasil
Source: CNN Brasil
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