Read between the Lines
- POSTED ON: 9 Feb, 2018
- TOTAL VIEWS: 1020 Views
- POSTED BY: Bhavya Venkatesh
- ARTICLE POINTS: 100 Points
The passage below is all about the Rio Carnival 2018! Read it and answer the questions that follow.
The five-day celebration is set to begin. The date is usually 40 days before Easter, on a Friday and ends on an Ash Wednesday. The first festival is said to have begun in 1723. During the days of the carnival little happens in Rio. People gather in the streets, beaches and public spaces to watch the floats, the adornments and the Samba Parade.
Rio Carnival 2018 will culminate with the top samba schools in Rio competing with each other to put on the best parade possible. As samba grew in popularity so did the need for schools. The Sambadrome was built in 1984 to make sure all the samba school parades were held under a single roof. This allowed spectators to purchase tickets and enjoy the parades.
This year too, the samba schools will first decide on a theme which will be followed by the school composers and musician writing out a song on the chosen theme. Once the song is complete, choreographers and dancers make up several different routines to be used during the Sambadrome show. Along with the choreography, the engineers and carpenters get together to build grand technological marvels, better known as parade floats. Finally the visual delights such as the costumes are decided to compliment the theme. On the day of the competition each school performs in front of 40 judges vying for the title of Samba Champion.
Another highlight of the year is the crowning of King Momo by the city’s mayor. It is then the responsibility of King Momo to spread the word that the Carnival has begun. Balls, street parties, and dances begin to spring up all over the city. It is considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people a day on the streets.
Text: Young World