I met up with my friend Mariana and some of her friends and headed out to what ended up being my favourite 'bloco' of my first carnival of life.
Bloco do Sargento Pimenta (English: Sgt Pepper's Bloco). These guys started their bloco last year with a turnout of about 10,000 people (after they had expected only a few hundred people to show up). This year, they went to a larger space expecting around 20,000...however, it was more like 60,000!
Beatles songs all day long: some of them in Portuguese, many of them with a slighly samba rythm to them, but all of them amazing.
We sang along to Beatles songs all day. There was even a marriage done on their stage. Not a proposal, a marriage ceromony followed by: "love, love love".
After this bloco we went to another called: Bloco Cru. Here a band played a bunch of alternative and classic rock covers. Also, a great show....all for free.
Below I've posted a few videos from these blocos:
Listen to some of their recorded songs, high quality here:
http://pt-br.facebook.com/bspimenta/app_182222305144028 (Check out how they SAMBAFY the Beatles music!)
Wedding on stage:
Bloco Cru: Rage Against the Machine....Samba style
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