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A City Hall of São Paulo announced yesterday (3) that the Carnival 2024 will have a record number of street blocks: 674 blocks Carnival attendees signed up to parade in next year's festivities. With this number, SP Carnival not only breaks its own record, but sures all cities and becomes the biggest street carnival in the country. Find out more below. 2f6h1w
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In 2023 the Carnival it was on February 21st, closer to the end of the month, allowing for a longer pre-carnival period — when the blocks take to the streets in smaller parades, in preparation for the big festivities. Already in 2024, the date falls on February 13 — 8 days before, reducing the pre-carnival period by one week. But how is the date chosen?
Carnival does not have a fixed date and can take place in February or March. The festival has its origins in the Catholic religion, and establishes the beginning of the Lent — the 40-day period preceding the Good friday, before Sunday Easter Holiday. This means that it is Easter that establishes when Carnival will take place, and it depends on the lunar calendar.
A Easter Holiday, in turn, always occurs on a Sunday — specifically the first Sunday after the first full moon of the Autumnal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere, a moment that marks the beginning of Autumn and which occurs on March 20th. If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, consider the Spring Equinox.
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O SP Carnival received registrations from street blocks until October 31st in two stages: the first phase had 385 ed participants, and another 291 in the second phase. Throughout this period, the participation of 15 million revelers, between residents and tourists.
Officially, the city hall organizes eight days of carnival, divided into three moments:
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No weekend before the holiday, which this year will be on the days February 3 and 4, the first official street block parades of the Carnival 2024. This already traditional event is the busiest of the festivities, as it has more parades per day than Carnival itself. As many city residents travel for the holidays, they end up taking advantage of the weekend before to go out on the streets and enjoy São Paulo's bloquinhos with family and friends — in addition to other private parties that take place on the date.
Some of the most famous pre-Carnival blocks in São Paulo include:
- Lower Augusta Academics: this year the parade takes place on February 4th with the theme “Resiste Amor em SP”, with the participation of the singer Criolo;
- Sergeant Pepper: which brings Beatles songs to the rhythm of Carnival marches;
- Ritaleena: thematic block of the incomparable Rita Lee that parades on Rua dos Pinheiros, in 2024 should pay tribute to the memory of the singer who ed away this year;
- Marry me;
- Favorite Block;
- Carnakoo: block created by Batekoo, an entertainment and culture platform for the young, black and LGBTQI+ community;
- I'll go by taxi: with a name that refers to the success of singer and presenter Angélica, the block stands out for its repertoire of songs from the 90s;
- Rare beauty: Banda Eva presents its Axé classics in this block named after one of its biggest hits.
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The main festival lasts four days — from 10 the 13 February, from Saturday to Tuesday — and marks the period in which the city receives the largest number of tourists. Just like pre-Carnival, the blocks are spread across different regions of the capital, with emphasis on the blocks in the center and Ibirapuera Park, which receive the largest public. Some of the main blocks:
- Tarado Ni Você: opening the festivities of the big blocks, Tarado Ni Você parades on Saturday singing and playing only songs by Caetano Veloso. The block's starting point is one of the most famous verses of Trash: on the corner of Avenida Ipiranga and Avenida São João;
- The Spectacular Charanga of : block brings wind and percussion instruments to entertain revelers with carnival rhythms;
- Gloriosas Block: singer Glória Groove s the electric trio to sing her biggest hits for one of the biggest audiences at carnival;
- Pablo's block: another singer who takes crowds to the streets, Pabllo Vittar goes through all the rhythms with the hits of his career;
- Pleases Greeks: The block, which takes place in Ibirapuera Park, is one of the largest in the city. Here, traditional carnival songs are left out and give way to axé, funk and pop;
- MinhoQueens: right after Tarado Ni Você, MinhoQueens follows the same route through the center of SP, bringing a lot of party and representation under the command of drag queen Mama Darling;
- Explode Heart: and it is not just Caetano who receives tributes at carnival. His sister Maria Bethânia has her biggest hits revamped in a carnival rhythm, cheering up revelers in the center of São Paulo;
- Pay: Parading on Tuesday (13/02), the group seeks equity and respect for women's individual freedom. Composed 100% of women on drums, in addition to their performers, the musical repertoire is made up of Brazilian and international music hits sung by women.
Post-Carnival 3b1h4x
For those who still have breath after so many days of revelry, the weekend following Carnival (February 17 and 18) still has two more days of street parties in store, with groups that have already paraded in the main event and others that are only taking place at this time. Some of the main blocks:
- Fife Block: the block of flutes and other wind instruments is inspired by the northeastern carnival;
- Follow Well Trucker: the block, made up of lesbian and bisexual women, as well as trans and non-binary people, brings a lot of rhythm to the streets with samba and afoxé;
- Cecílias and Buarques: the block emerged from the Santa Cecília and Vila Buarque neighborhoods group on Facebook, and was designed to promote meetings between the community of these neighborhoods;
- Queen's Popcorn: Another traditional parade on São Paulo's post-Carnival Sunday is Daniela Mercury's electric trio, which runs down Rua da Consolação from the corner of Matias Aires to Praça Roosevelt.
- My Saint is Pop: Titled the first LGBT pop block in São Paulo, the block brings DJing with the best of world pop music to the city center.
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In addition to the street blocks, Carnival also takes place in Anhembi Sambadrome with the parade of Samba schools of the capital of São Paulo. The event takes place on five different dates, namely:
- February 3: parade of Access Group 2, with 11 samba schools;
- February 9th: first day of the Parade Special Group, with 7 samba schools;
- February 10: second day of the parade Special Group, with 8 samba schools;
- February 11: parade of Access Group 1, with 8 samba schools;
- February 17: parade of champions.
Tickets for the parades are now on sale on the platform Clube do Ingresso, and cost from R$15 to R$650.
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Text proofread by: Pedro Bomfim on November 4, 2023.
