Brazil part 2 - Two days in Rio de Janeiro

Two days in Rio de Janeiro - 48 hours in Rio De Janeiro

Simon Calder travels to Rio de Janeiro, one of Latin America's most exciting cities, where he finds sand, sea and samba, discovers the identity of the Girl from Ipanema, and goes in search of one of the new 7 Wonders of the World....

Brazil part 3 - Carnival in Brazil

Carnival in Brazil - Beautiful Brazilian Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro

This is a small sample of the Carnaval samba parade in Rio de Janeiro. It covers one out of the 14 parades to happen during two days and flashes of some of the other 13 parades.

I would love to upload an HD version of this video but youtube doesn't allow it without losing its view count and comments. So maybe in the future when they allow such feature, I'll do it.

NOTE: No arrogant or derogatory remarks, please. They will be promptly removed.

Brazil part 7 - Samba in Recife

Samba in Recife, Brazil. Samba Practice, Recife, Brazil - Street carnival samba practice in REcife, Brazil (or Brasil). The drums are alfaias, maracatu's drums, but the rythm is a 6/8 bar one, when maracatu is a 4/4 bar rythm. Then this is an afro-brasilian rythm played with a maracatu's drum set.