during carnival many blocos, or block parties, occur throughout the city of rio, and particularly in the district of leblon, there is a bloco dedicated to sertanejo music called chora me liga - its first parade was in 2010 with 20 thousand people, proving the fact that cariocas had adopted a distant musical genre to their repertoire.

here is a list of places one can visit on a monday if looking for some sertanejo.