For foreigners, because of the reputation of Rio Carnival, they often know Rio. If samba is described in one sentence, samba is the product of the fusion of European white music and African black music. In fact, most Brazilian music is produced under this background, such as Bossa Nova, which we are familiar with, and its predecessors, Gioro and Brazilian jazz.
The development of samba music
The annual carnival is the best stage for samba music display. From February to March every year, tourists from Europe, other parts of the world and Brazil will crowd Rio de Janeiro and El Salvador, the two ancient capitals of Brazil and the two most important birthplaces of Brazilian music. The parade of famous drum teams or samba schools is the essence of carnival.
Carnival in Rio is actually an annual competition between samba schools. Every school will write and promote its own theme song (Enredo, R is H), conduct a lot of dance and percussion rehearsals, and make gorgeous costumes for this competition, all for a perfect performance on the famous Carnival Avenue, which is about 1 km long.
Rio Carnival is famous for its gorgeous, passionate, bright and super-fast rhythm. At the Rio Carnival in 2008, a samba school performed more than 140 beats per minute, which is almost the limit speed of dancers.