Your Guide to Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro
| November 4, 2015
Blocos
The street parties of Carnaval are absolutely joyous and light hearted fun. Vendors hawk beers, caipirinhas, food, and even costumes, if you tend to procrastinate like that.
Different blocos have different flavors. Sargento Pimento in a park in Botafogo is one of the biggest draws for the millennial crowd, featuring Beatles tunes remixed to a samba beat. New Kids on the Bloco is another popular event, showcasing everyone’s favorite boyband tunes reborn samba-style.
These are my two favorites, although it’s almost impossible to walk around in Zona Sul without stumbling upon a bloco going down.
Stephanie Kempker / Own Work
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