Rio de Janeiro Carnival

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carnival cultural festival tourist attraction

Rio de Janeiro Carnival is a world-famous Brazilian festival known for its spectacular samba school parades, elaborate costumes, and vibrant street celebrations held annually before Lent.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Rio Carnival 4
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro 2
Rio de Janeiro Carnival canonical 2

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carnival ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
associatedWith pre-Lenten festivities ⓘ
attractsTouristsFrom worldwide ⓘ
celebratedIn Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
surface form: Rio de Janeiro city
competitionType samba school championship ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
culturalSignificance major event in Rio de Janeiro’s social calendar ⓘ
symbol of Brazilian culture ⓘ
economicImpact boosts tourism revenue in Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
estimatedVisitorsPerYear millions ⓘ
features blocos de rua ⓘ
costume balls ⓘ
float processions ⓘ
samba schools ⓘ
street parades ⓘ
trios elétricos ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
governedBy Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba do Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
hasCategory Grupo Especial (Special Group) ⓘ
Série Ouro (Gold Series) ⓘ
hasNotableElement ala das baianas ⓘ
bateria (percussion ensemble) ⓘ
mestre-sala e porta-bandeira ⓘ
passistas (samba dancers) ⓘ
rainha de bateria (drum queen) ⓘ
influencedBy African cultural traditions ⓘ
Afro-Brazilian religions ⓘ
European carnival traditions ⓘ
judgingCriteria costumes ⓘ
drum section (bateria) ⓘ
evolution ⓘ
floats and props ⓘ
front commission ⓘ
harmony ⓘ
samba-enredo ⓘ
theme ⓘ
knownFor colorful floats ⓘ
elaborate costumes ⓘ
large crowds ⓘ
music and dance ⓘ
samba school parades ⓘ
street parties ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
Southeast Region of Brazil ⓘ
State of Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
mainCityArea Centro (Rio de Janeiro) ⓘ
surface form: Centro (Downtown Rio de Janeiro)
mainMusicGenre samba ⓘ
samba-enredo ⓘ
mainVenue Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí ⓘ
mediaCoverage international television ⓘ
online streaming ⓘ
occursBefore Lent ⓘ
originPeriod colonial Brazil ⓘ
religiousContext Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
season Brazilian summer ⓘ
tourismCategory festival tourism ⓘ
typicalMonth February ⓘ
March ⓘ
UNESCOStatus recognized as part of Brazilian intangible cultural heritage (national level) ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carnival → hasNotableForm → Rio de Janeiro Carnival ⓘ
Marquês de Sapucaí → culturalAssociation → Rio de Janeiro Carnival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Carnival
Avenida Marquês de Sapucaí → category → Rio de Janeiro Carnival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Praça Onze metro station → providesAccessTo → Rio de Janeiro Carnival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Carnival events
Parade avenue → usedDuring → Rio de Janeiro Carnival ⓘ
subject surface form: Parade Avenue
this entity surface form: Rio Carnival
Parade avenue → associatedWith → Rio de Janeiro Carnival ⓘ
subject surface form: Parade Avenue
Apotheosis Square → associatedWith → Rio de Janeiro Carnival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Carnival
Asakusa Samba Carnival → inspiredBy → Rio de Janeiro Carnival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rio Carnival
Carnaval de Veracruz → relatedTo → Rio de Janeiro Carnival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carnival in Rio de Janeiro