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RIO DE JANEIRO CARNIVAL 2014 The Rio Carnival 2014 is quickly approaching! It will take place this year from February 28 to March 4. Don’t worry if you can’t afford the air fare or the time off work, we’re going to inform you about what’s going on in the capital this year. With four days of street parties, music and dancing all over Brazil . This festival, which dates back to 1823, is the biggest in the world. One of the most important events in the carnival is the Samba Parade. The Rio Samba parade is very different from all other street parades held at other places in the world. It started as street festivities with groups of people parading through the street playing music and dancing.  The parades developed into something special, a big competition between the samba schools. Now, the parade is one of the mains purposes of the carnival. Each school chooses a theme to try and represent in their entry. The samba schools also work to build ...