Brazilian Samba And Carnival

**Incorporated into every aspect of the Rio carnival are dancing and music.**

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Samba is the national dance of Brazil. It is fun, upbeat, lively dance that progress counter-clockwise around the floor. It is characterized by its syncopated timing, bounce, rolling hip action and pelvic tilt. A great deal of rhythm is expressed throughout the torso.

Carnival is a wild celebration of food, alcohol, music and fun.

You can hear the drums beating, people performing from Capoeira to Candomble.

The Samba parade is the biggest attraction on earth.

An Afro-Brazilian martial arts combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music

Elaborate costumes and masks allow people to set aside their everyday individuality and experience a heightened sense of social unity.

The women wear costumes that is fitted and designed based on their carnival theme.

There's color, flamboyance and jaw-dropping beauty.

Costumes range from the simple to the astonishing.

It originated on the Brazilian plantations where the African rhythms of slaves fused with European music. The Portuguese imported many slaves form Angola and the Congo into Brazil in the 16th century, who in turn brought their dances such as Caterete, the Embolada and the Batuque. The Batuque was described as as a circle dance.

The Lundu is a very sensual dance of couples brought to Brazil by imported Bantu slaves. It became popular all over Brazil in the 17th and early 18th century. In Rio in the 1870's, the Lundu fused with the Polka, Tango, and the Cuban Habanera, giving birth to the first original Brazilian urban dance.

Dressing sexy is part of the fun!

Expect to see a lot of sexy and beautiful sensual women

Less is smore is enhanced with sexy costumes.

Sensual and fit body are shown off.

The modern Brazilian Carnival finds its roots in Rio de Janeiro in the 1830s, when the city's affluent middle-class imported the practice of holding balls and masquerade parties from Paris. It originally mimicked the European form of the festival, over time acquiring elements from African and indigenous native cultures.

The Carnival is an annual celebration marking the start of the Lent. During Lent, Roman Catholics are to abstain from bodily pleasures. Carnival which is celebrated as profane event, can thus be likened to a "farewell to the pleasure of the flesh". During carnival, a fat man is elected "king" of carnival and presides over the elaborate parades staged by the City's major samba schools.