AboutKen Rapoza Cruz Expertise I can help would be travelers find places to go, help them decide whether or not they should book tour packages in their home country or wait til they arrive in Brazil, and other relevant info about the country and its travel amenities. General questions about Brazil and living in Brazil.
Experience Ken Rapoza is a former contributing editor at International Living, a monthly magazine about travel and real estate. Rapoza has also given speeches about Brazil travel and real estate offerings at Int'l Living conferences in the US. He now covers Brazil for a major U.S. news agency in New York City. He lives in Sao Paulo.
Publications International Living, The Boston Globe, The Sun Sentinel, The Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal and many others.
Education/Credentials BA -- Antioch College
MFA -- Vermont College
Question how many samba schools take part in the carneval of brazil?
Answer Too many to list. But the ones youre probably thinking of are in Rio de Janeiro. In Rio there are just three groups that parade in the famous sambadome.
GRUPO Especial
* Acadêmicos do Salgueiro
* Imperatriz Leopoldinense
* Unidos de Vila Isabel
* Acadêmicos do Grande Rio
* Beija Flor (FAMOUS)
* Unidos do Porto da Pedra
* Estação Primeira de Mangueira (FAMOUS)
* Unidos do Viradouro
* Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel (FAMOUS)
* Unidos da Tijuca
* Império Serrano
* Portela
* Estácio de Sá
GRUPO Acesso A
* Acadêmicos da Rocinha
* Acadêmicos do Cubango
* Acadêmicos de Santa Cruz
* Arranco
* Caprichosos de Pilares
* Império da Tijuca
* Renascer de Jacarepagua
* São Clemente
* União da Ilha do Governador
* Tradição
GRUPO Acesso B
* Vizinha Faladeira
* Paraíso do Tuiuti
* Alegria da Zona Sul
* Boi da Ilha do Governador
* Sereno de Campo Grande
* Unidos de Padre Miguel
* Flor da Mina do Andaraí
* Independentes da Praça da Bandeira
* Lins Imperial
* GRES União de Jacarepaguá
* Inocentes de Belford Roxo
* Dificil é o Nome
* Unidos de Lucas
* União do Parque Curicica
These are the main ones in Sao Paulo
Acadêmicos do Tucuruvi
Águia de Ouro
Imperador do Ipiranga
Império da Casa Verde (FAMOUS)
Mancha Verde
Mocidade Alegre
Nenê de Vila Matilde
Pérola Negra
Rosas de Ouro
Tom Maior (FAMOUS)
Unidos de Vila Maria
Unidos do Peruche
Vai-Vai (FAMOUS)
X-9 Paulistana
Nearly ever state and major city has a samba school and they do a samba parade.
