Summary
The European origins of the event go back to a type of carnaval called "introito" ("entrada" in Latin or "entrudo" in Portuguese), that was characterized by the game of throwing water from one person to another as a way to purify the body. The "entrudo" was prohibited without too much success in the middle of Nineteenth century, because it was considered violent by upper social classes (it is said that some people died from infections and other diseases because sometimes rotten fruits were thrown).
At the end of century Nineteenth century, "Cordões" ("Lazos", in Portuguese) were begun in Rio de Janeiro and they consisted of large groups of people walking the streets of a neighborhood playing music and dancing. Cordões were the predecessors of the modern schools of samba.See the full content of this document
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Rio de Janeiro Celebrated Carnaval
NEW YORK (KPRENSA)-Samba is alive in Rio de Janeiro. Twelve samba schools and thousands of dancers marched this past Sunday, February 22nd and Mond...
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