in the history of carnaval carioca, a famous bloco das piranhas was the one that paraded down madureira on saturday of carnaval.

this group was formed by famous soccer players, including center back moisés.

the group was active for 25 years, from 1970 to the mid 1990s, and it always made it fun and interesting to see very fit men wearing women's clothes.

other famous blocos das piranhas in rio de janeiro include the very lively ones from são joão de meriti, and updates for this party can be found on this page and this one.