Brazil Carnival 2011 is on its way, and Rio Samba-Schools are all getting ready with a series of practices and rehearsals to make sure everything runs smooth on the final dates. Below we show videos involving 3 exciting samba-schools. We hope you enjoy the videos and start getting prepared for the 2011 Brazilian Carnival.

Estacio de Sa Samba
GRES Beija-Flor
São Clemente Samba


Please see below a selection of three Brazil Carnival 2011 videos that show this preparations phase:

This was the Coronation Ceremony of Marta Love from Estacio de Sa




Raissa de Oliveira( check on her profile clicking the link) is welcomed from Sao Clemente Samba-School Members and shows why she is the Queen of Beija Flor Samba-School, being only 19 years old:



São Clemente and Beija Flor Samba-Schools Gather to Celebrate New Year Vibrations

Below, you will see a joint rehearsal promoted by São Clemente Samba School in Rio de Janeiro. They invited the Beija-Flor for this beautiful party with its "sister school" , as they call themselves. Here, legendary Flag-Bearer Selminha Sorrizo from Beija-Flor, and her partner, the Samba host Claudinho, perform a very traditional, but rare to witness ceremony: the exchange of the Samba-school flag banners. Here you will see the Flag Bearer couples dancing their ballet with the banner of the host school, and vice-versa. Really emotional!