The rio de Janeiro's carnival nowadays...

Let's introduce the aim of rio de janeiro's carnival, one of the most touristic carnival in the world.There is a competition between the different school of samba. Coming from african slaves, it's actually the most important dance during the carnival. Different school of samba have 90 minutes for their parade. They can show their work because they've prepared it during the whole year. A specific subject is chosen by each samba school. Both costumes and dances have a link with it. Lundu, polka and maxixe are also included in the dances...Morover, school have their own supporters coming to watch them and the feeling of being included in a group is really powerful.Costumes are wonderful. Some people save money all the year to buy a costume they will use only once. Traditionally, there is a wing of women with costumes coming from Bahia. Best-known are those flirting with nudity and with very big feathers. Dancers are over big floats, very colored. The first wing of each school begin with the traditional "comissão de frente", in reference to first carnivals. On friday, the mayor officialy give a giant key to king Momo, symbol of craziness, who will reign during 5 days, the tuesday being the pinacle of his reign. Least important samba's school begin, and the best schools have their representation on sunday and monday's night. Districts are proud to show themselves during those few days.