Meanings of samba school in English

But one samba school is making it possible.

Crowds crammed the Dona Marta shantytown's tiny samba school and screamed whenever Jackson's double, who accompanies him everywhere, appeared.

Filters on popular social media sites will also allow fans to dress up virtually in the samba school's elaborate outfits.

Drummers from the Salgueiro samba school were providing the background noise and most were having a breakfast of ice-cold beers.

Carnival is not an easy event to cover because year after year everything looks the same, with each samba school similar to the previous.

The annual Rio Carnival is in full swing and one samba school is exploring the link between Brazil's two favourite pastimes: carnival and football.

And some critics take issue with samba schools creating dance routines around controversial topics.

The city's best samba schools paraded amid Brazil's carnival festivities.

Samba schools cancelled their pre-carnival rehearsals and tens of thousands of students were unable to study.

She danced with the London Samba School in the Notthing Hill Carnival, leading the Bahianas section.

Mr Barros says: 'The Carnival of the samba schools of Rio is a global spectacle, which sustains the tourism industry.'

As it is the year of the first Latin American Olympics, the 2016 Games are favourite themes of the samba schools.

As the number of infections grew, the samba schools that participate in the glitzy annual parade halted preparations for the 2021 event.

Street parties at the Rio Carnival have for a long time been eclipsed by professional samba schools competing in parades at the Sambadrome.

Back then 14 samba schools competed in one long night, while today there are 12 split across two nights.