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Top 10 Samba
Schools
!
Portela
This school has won the
Sambódromo
samba
contest
21 times under a blue and
white flag.
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www.portelaweb.
com.br
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Mangueira
The popular Mangueira
school has won 17 times. Its
colors are pink and green.
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www.mangueira.com br
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Império Serrano
Parading under a green
flag, Serrano has had nine
victories.
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www.
imperioserrano.com
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Unidos da Tijuca
Colorful reveler at Banda de Ipanema
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Banda de Carmen Miranda
This
bloco
was created in
1989 in reverence to Carmen
Miranda, a Portuguese singer
who settled in Brazil and had a
penchant for fruit-covered hats.
It showcases Brazil's most
lavishly costumed drag queens,
all of whom faithfully pay
homage to their idol.
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Map M6
• Ipanema
Winner of multiple gold
standards, Tijuca's colors are
yellow and blue.
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www.
unidosdatijuca.com.br
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Unidos do Viradouro
The famous Carnaval
queen Juliana Paes danced for
this school. Orange and white
are its colors. d
www.unidos
viradouro.com.br
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Salgueiro
(
Baile Vermelho e Preto
A top school with eight
victories, colored red and
white.
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www.salgueiro.com.br
&
Estácio de Sá
do Flamengo
Vermelho
(red) and
preto
(black)
are the colors of one of Rio's
most popular soccer teams,
Flamengo
(see p42)
, and are a
compulsory part of the dress
code at their annual ball held at
the Clube Botafogo. Costumes
are notoriously skimpy and the
sambas
recount past football
glories.
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Map Q1 • Botafogo
• (021) 2568 8262 • Adm
One-time victors in 2005,
its colors are red and white.
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Imperatriz
Leopoldinense
A successful school with eight
victories, its colors are green
and white. d
imperatriz.free.fr
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Beija Flor de Nilópolis
Flying a blue and white
flag, Beija Flor de Nilópolis is
the most successful school
since 2000, with 10 victories.
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www.beija-flor.com.br
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Vila Isabel
)
Gala Gay
One of Rio's most famous
and lavish indoor Carnaval balls
takes place at the Scala Club on
Tuesday. The star-studded
event is heavily televised and
tickets are incredibly hard to
secure
(see p106)
.
With two victories to date,
this club flies the peach and
white flag.
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