O Astro Iluminado da Comunicação Brasileira

Talking about brazil other than the host of World Cup 2014 that held today till next month, there is many thing that we never know before about brazil, in our common sense what we knew the most from brazil is their soccer team that filled with the talented soccer player that known all over the world, but in brazil there is one biggest parade/ festival that being held in this country which known as samba festival. To be honest what we knew about samba, we knew samba as a dance, we knew samba as soccer skill to trick their opponent to be able pass it, but for your information samba is the most well known festival in brazil, or i could say it were the biggest festival in brazil that always held once in a year, this festival also filled with many team that competiting each other to perform their samba dance with dazzling outfit.

                Samba Festival or known as Brazilian Festival is an annual festival held during the Friday to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter, this Carnival has roots in the pagan festival of Saturnalia, which, adapted to Catholicism became a farewell to well things in a season of religious discipline to practice repentance and prepare for Christ's death and resurrection. Rhythm, participation, and costumes vary from one region of Brazil to another. In the southeastern cities of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Vitória, huge organized parades are led by samba schools. Those official parades are meant to be watched by the public, while minor parades ("blocos") allowing public participation can be found in other cities. This carnival it self always been held for every years on february and march on Friday to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday which is the date listed below :

• February 28 to March 4, 2014
• February 13 to February 18, 2015
• February 5 to February 10, 2016
• February 24 to March 1, 2017

               

                Talking about the competition on samba festival for every state in brazil, fortunately there is many variant of style that coming from one state to another such as Rio De Janiero style, Bahia Style, Pernambuco Style, Sao Paulo Style, Minas Gerais Style,and others. From here to the next we will describing about each state style that will make you more understand to samba festival.

                Rio De Janiero Style, Rio de Janeiro style originally mimicked the European form of the festival, later absorbing and creolizing elements derived from Native American and African cultures. Today they are known as Blocos (blocks), consisting of a group of people who dress in costumes or special t-shirts with themes and/or logos. Blocos are generally associated with particular neighborhoods; they include both a percussion or music group and an entourage of revellers. They eventually became the "fathers" of what we today know as the famous and world wide samba-schools in Brazil. Samba-school (not only in Rio de Janeiro, but São Paulo too) is the cultural epicenter of the Brazilian carnival, in terms of the "parading style".

                Bahia Style, the difference from bahia style with the other is more refer to music style, the musical styles are different at each carnival, in Bahia there are many rhythms, including samba, samba-reggae, axé, etc., while in Rio there is the multitude of samba styles: the "samba-enredo", the "samba de bloco", the "samba de embalo", the "funk-samba", as well as the famous "marchinhas" played by the "bandas" in the streets. By the 1970s, four main types of carnival groups developed in Bahia: Afoxês, Trios Elétricos, "Amerindian" groups, and Blocos Afros. Afoxês use the rhythms of the African inspired religion, Candomblé. They also worship the gods of Candomblé, called orixás. The "Amerindian" groups were inspired by Western movies from the United States. The groups dress up as native Americans and take on native American names. Blocos Afros, or Afro groups, were influenced by the Black Pride Movement in the United States.

                Pernambuco Style, the North East state of Pernambuco has unique Carnivals in its present capital Recife and in its colonial capital Olinda. Their main rhythms are the frevo and the maracatu. Galo da Madrugada is the biggest carnival parade in the world, considering the number of participants, according The Guinness Book of World Records. It means "dawn's rooster" and parades, as the name suggests, in the morning only. Frevo is Pernambucan-style dance with African and acrobatic influences, as it is fast and electrifying, often using an open umbrella and frequent legs and arms movements.

                Sao paulo Style, in Sao Paulo style is more refer to samba school variant that were developed in there, Various "samba schools" compete in a huge parade. Each school presents a different theme, which they expose through their costumes, dance, music and the allegorical cars or “carros alegóricos”, huge vehicles decorated according to the theme designed specifically for the parade). The most famous (and usually the winners) samba schools are: Nenê de Vila Matilde, Gaviões da Fiel, Vai-Vai, Camisa Verde e Branco, Unidos do Peruche, Mocidade Alegre and Rosas de Ouro (which in English translate to, respectively: Baby from Matilde Village; Sparrowhawks of the Faithful; Go-Go; Green and White Shirt; Peruche United; Happy Youth; and Golden Roses).

                Minas Gerais style, Carnival in Minas Gerais is often characterized by blocos carnavalescos with varying themes and costume styles, almost always accompanied by a brass and drums band. However, Minas Gerais carnival was first influenced by the Rio de Janeiro Carnival (several cities have their own samba schools). Later some Axé groups from Bahia came to play in the state every carnival season.

                For others, Some southern cities such as Curitiba, Florianópolis, Camboriú, and Porto Alegre have smaller samba school groups or blocos, but like São Paulo state towns, they seem to prefer balls to street dancing.for everyone that want to know the theme song of samba festival that will be held on the next year here is the lyiric .

O Astro Iluminado da Comunicação Brasileira

Sonhar, o sonho de um sonhador
E viajar no tempo, no som um sentimento
Ir mais além, tocar o céu
Erguer a Torre de Babel
Escrever seu nome num papel
Eu e você, em sintonia seja onde for
No infinito ao teu sinal eu vou
Leva desejo divino, divino desejo me leva...
A encontrar a arte no seu olhar

A deusa do samba na passarela
A marca do carnaval... É ela
Um lado a comunicar, o outro comunicou
Tá na mídia a Beija-Flo

Quando a emoção chegar, a saudade vai bater
Juntos na mesma frequência
Um show de audiência, vamos reviver
Espelho refletindo cada um de nós
Por isso solte a sua voz, hoje o artista é você
Clareou e a gente vai se ver de novo
Clareou de azul e branco nos braços do povo

Boni tu és o astro da televisão
Fiz da sua vida minha inspiração
Vem, a festa é sua, a festa é nossa, de quem quiser
Mostra que ''babado é esse'' de samba no pé