From ccarriconde

Speaking of celebrations, today is Mardi Gras! Lots of parading, samba-ing, and drinking going on all over the place, including with the Krewes in New Orleans, and the samba schools and street bands called blocos and bandas celebrating both in the enormous Sambadrome and in neighborhoods throughout Rio de Janeiro and many other cities across South America. The major samba school competition, which is usually fiercely contested and always joyous to behold, began Saturday and ends tonight. The Desfile de Campeões, or Parade of Champions, is slated for this Saturday night.

For several years, ccarriconde has compiled a beautiful archive documenting the carnaval preparations of one samba school: Imperio Serrano. Taking us behind the scenes at their headquarters, she captures intimate glimpses of men, women, and kids hard at work welding supports for the elaborate floats, sculpting and painting decorations, making costumes, and rehearsing the phenomenally precise bateria, or drum corps. She has some new pictures up now, some of which are gathered here, with a bunch from previous years. Clicking on any of them will bring you to a stream with several more wonderful examples. Here’s hoping Carnival Queen Cristina has a lot more performance shots coming up this week!

More Carnaval!

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 at 3:26 pm by along and is filed under Party time.

21 Responses to “Rainha Momo”

Judith @ 2007-02-20 04:08:17 PM says:

realmente me encantaron las fotos estan buenisimas
felicitaciones al autor

dxy @ 2007-02-20 05:33:16 PM says:

waaaaaaaaaaaaa entera wena tus jotos olle

wred0ta @ 2007-02-20 05:46:53 PM says:

polish life

Cristina @ 2007-02-20 07:44:01 PM says:

Thank you :)****

along @ 2007-02-20 07:47:09 PM says:

thank YOU Cristina!

mogolik @ 2007-02-21 10:40:56 AM says:

el mejor carnaval es el de chajari

jaja el primero esta re fumado.

http://www.mogolik.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=563&Itemid=30

Fernanda @ 2007-02-21 12:42:25 PM says:

Merecido destaque pras suas fotos de carnaval, Cris! Adore as desse ano…… Parabéns!! :)

Beijos

leita @ 2007-02-21 01:56:09 PM says:

ta weno este carrete

sakate 1 po!!!

jardim @ 2007-02-21 05:45:39 PM says:

Amazing pictures!

That face on the first pic looks like great brazilian songwriter Pixinguinha!

hendrix_07 @ 2007-02-21 05:56:04 PM says:

Ponganme en la portada de fotolog con los demas nunca me ponen saludos aguante el Heavy Metal!
x fa

naza @ 2007-02-21 10:55:47 PM says:

hola como tan tu flog ta re bueno
http://fotolog.terra.com/nicki_tolosa

Lil Gra$e_ @ 2007-02-22 05:50:33 PM says:

nice,nice

José Luis @ 2007-02-22 07:28:42 PM says:

geniales las imagenes, me encantan los colores de la nueva era natural…
Toso es parte de todo…

Quijotinverso
[”La verdad nos hará libres”]
http://www.pensarte.tk

kamiicka @ 2007-02-22 11:26:17 PM says:

nice ;)

Nahuel @ 2007-02-23 01:47:05 AM says:

http://ubbiar.fotolog.com/nestor_ramljak

Reggae en el Universo!.

gnio @ 2007-02-23 03:04:57 AM says:

CARNAVAAL

sofi @ 2007-02-23 01:10:46 PM says:

buena!!xD

dari @ 2007-02-23 03:44:29 PM says:

buena.. buenisimo!
el reggae en el mundo!

deactivats @ 2007-02-23 08:09:45 PM says:

perfeito

lorena @ 2007-02-25 08:05:32 PM says:

very fantastic yours photographies,bye

zaff @ 2007-02-26 07:01:39 PM says:

lo que me llamo la tencion de tus fotos son los colores muy biien logrados, igual es un factor a favor los lugares donde las estas sakando ya que son lugares llenos de colores y riquesa de cultura
. saludos