there, many smaller samba teams parade for loyal fans in a very different atmosphere - more familiar in tone, and rich of genuine enthusiasm.

many of the samba schools that parade along estrada intendente magalhães started out as blocos de enredo, organized street parties complete with a float, and a small orchestra.

visitors can see an entire parades of these type of blocos on the saturday of carnival week at 8 pm on avenida rio branco, centro.

dancing in street parties, marching in the parades, watching samba schools, and peeking into the back stage of many samba teams is a lot for sure, but such is carnival in rio.