it is known that a group of beer swilling,
football loving friends set up the bloco fueled by an eagerness
to join the rio carnival celebrations, but where the nun comes
in is a little less certain.
however, it is thought that the
followers of bloco das carmelitas pay homage to a cloistered
nun, who is reputed to have jumped the wall of the carmelite
convent of santa teresa to party with the carnival revellers.