How Brazil Invented Carnival

Brazil's carnival started with people throwing water and flour at each other. Samba, its music, could once get you arrested. Today it has its own stadium. The entrudo, the masked balls, Tia Ciata's house, the first samba record, the first samba schools, a president who fell in love with samba, and the Sambódromo. CHAPTERS 0:00 Water, flour and a stadium 0:21 Carnival before samba 1:03 The masked balls 1:39 Little Africa 2:45 The first samba record 3:54 The first samba school 4:16 The first parade 4:41 The government joins the party 5:31 The Sambódromo 5:58 Two carnivals 6:37 Your turn SOURCES Roberto Moura, Tia Ciata e a Pequena África no Rio de Janeiro (1983) Hermano Vianna, O mistério do samba (1995) Carlos Sandroni, Feitiço decente (2001) Felipe Ferreira, O livro de ouro do carnaval brasileiro (2004) Sérgio Cabral, As escolas de samba do Rio de Janeiro (1996)