Selection of Brazilian Carnaval Video: Brazil Carnival Videos

Brazil 2011 Carnival: Visit Brazil-Carnival 2011 in Rio de Janeiro

2011 Brazilian Carnival is just around the corner. This video montage is tribute to some of the most astonishing queens of the Brazils Carnival.

The song of this video was made with Sao Clemente 2011 Samba Contestant.

Carnival 2011 Dance: Learn 2011 Samba Dance in Brazil Carnival

2011 Carnival Brazil: Carnival Video Sneak Preview

2011 Carnival in Brazil is on its way! Watch a Sneak Preview Video of the best Carnival in the World. The video was made through a colage system using great photos of Alexandre Vidal and his Team; Agencia Foto BR.

The Concept is that Brazil Carnival :

Beauty, Emotion, Ecstasy, and Fantasy!

Rio Airport Invaded by Samba & Carnival Dancing!!!

When Rio celebrated the anniversary of its International airport, a group of dancers "invaded" its premises and performed a beautiful choreography. The video compares with the famous T-mobile commercial,shot in Liverpool Street Station. I prefer though the samba one, since I think it evokes more emotion to me...and is definitely more sensual too, like everything in Brazil.

On this video dance, 7 songs related to Rio are played, and include the following:

1) Samba do Avião - Antônio Carlos Jobim

2) Garota de Ipanema Antônio Carlos Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes

3) The Girl from Ipanema - Antônio Carlos Jobim / Norman Gimbe

4) Mais Que nada - Sergio Mendes featuring Black Eye Peas

5) Artist: Peter Allen lyrics , I Go To Rio lyrics

6) I got a Feeling - FUNK STYLE

7) Cidade Maravilhosa - Rio de JAneiro Anthem - André Filho

Brazilian Aquarelle Video by Carmen Miranda

Brazilian Aquarelle by Carmen Miranda

The Gang's All Here is a 1943 American Twentieth Century Fox Technicolor musical film starring Alice Faye, James Ellison, and Carmen Miranda in a story about a soldier and a nightclub singer. The film, directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, is considered a camp classic. One reviewer described it as "like a male hairdresser's acid trip" for its use of musical numbers with fruit hats.

Musical highlights include Carmen Miranda performing an insinuating, witty version of "You Discover You're in New York" that lampoons fads, fashions, and wartime shortages of the time. The film is also memorable for Miranda's "The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat", which because of its sexual innuendo (dozens of scantily clad women handling very large bananas), prevented the film from being shown in Miranda's native Portugal in its initial release. Even in the US the censors dictated that the chorus girls must hold the bananas at the waist and not at the hip. Alice Faye sings "A Journey to a Star," "No Love, No Nothin'," and the surreal finale "The Polka-Dot Polka."

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color (James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little).

It was the last musical Faye made as a Hollywood superstar. She was pregnant with her second daughter during filming.

Carnival from Miranda, Carmem Videos: South American Way

Carmen Miranda sings "South American Way"in 1940´s

Carmen Miranda was a young hatmaker before she was invited to display her singing talents at a music academy. That attempt proved successful and she went on to become a popular singer in clubs and on radio in Brazil. It was during this time that she developed the costume with the distinctive fruit hat from the traditional headdress seen on black women fruit sellers. In the mid-thirties, a theatrical producer named Lee Shubert saw her act in Brazil and offered her a spot on his new Broadway show. Knowing the need for a real Brazilian band to keep the appropriate music true, she insisted that her backup band be included in the deal. With the help of the Brazilian government who saw the good national image opportunity in Carmen, her demand was met.

She proved to be a hit on Broadway, though her image was that of a foreign bimbo because she didn't know english. She later made films, but by then much of Brazil thought she became too "Americanized". When the US entered World War II, South America became the subject of American diplomatic attention, because it was an alternative source for raw materials that previously came from Europe.Carmen was the showpiece of Hollywood's contribution to this attitude of trans-Continental chuminess. Unfortunately, in doing so, Carmen became trapped in the image of the fruit dancer that every producer insisted on having. Even her attempt at a break-out role in Copacanba had to have her doing the same dance act for part of the film. It proved to be a disaster in many ways since it failed and she married the producer of the film, David Sebastian. He proved to be an abusive and oppurtunistic brute who made Carmen's life hell. Yet Carmen was a good Catholic and never considered a divorce. Instead she kept up a grueling schedule of shows, taking uppers and downers to remain functional, even when they began to damage her health. Eventually she collapsed and her doctor ordered her to go back to Brazil.

She recovered and returned to America to resume the grind until she died of a heart attack hours after her final appearance on the Jimmy Durante Show.

Carnival from Miranda, Carmem Videos: I Want Mommy

The first Brazilian performer to attain international stardom, singer and actress Carmen Miranda was born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha on February 9, 1909 in Marco de Canavezes, Portugal, but she was raised in Rio de Janeiro from infancy onward. After quitting school she began working at an area shop, where her habit of singing on the job brought her to the attention of a local radio station. Seemingly overnight, Miranda emerged as one of the top attractions on the Rio club circuit, and upon signing to RCA in 1928 she became a massive star throughout Brazil. She made her film debut in 1933's A Voz do Carnaval, solidifying her fame two years later with Estudantes. While performing at Rio's Casino da Urca in 1939, Miranda was spotted by Broadway impresario Lee Shubert, who immediately arranged to bring her to America; she soon made her New York debut in his show The Streets of Paris before settling in Hollywood the following year.

In the years which followed, Miranda virtually embodied Hollywood's narrow and condescending concept of Latin American culture -- from her first starring role in 1940's Down Argentine Way onward, her enduring public image remained that of the feisty Brazilian bombshell, invariably clad in some sort of enormous fruit-basket headdress while singing and dancing. It was an image she proved unable to shake during her film career; worse, during her first visit back to Brazil, Miranda was accused of becoming too "Americanized." (The experience later resulted in her song "Disseram Que Eu Voltei Americanizada" -- "They Said I Came Back Americanized.") As World War II drew to an end, however, the market for the light, campy musicals on which Miranda's fame rested began to dry up, and in 1953 she made her final screen appearance in the Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis vehicle Scared Stiff.

Undaunted, Miranda focused increasingly on her nightclub appearances, also becoming a fixture on television variety shows -- indeed, for all the stereotyping she faced throughout her career, her performances made huge strides in popularizing Brazilian music, at the same time paving the way for the increasing awareness of all Latin culture. Still, she suffered from severe depression throughout the final years of her life, returning to Brazil for the final time in 1954; while taping a strenuous song-and-dance number for an episode of television's The Jimmy Durante Show on August 4, 1955, Miranda suffered a heart attack, and after returning to her Beverly Hills home, she died the following morning at the age of just 46. Her body was flown back to Brazil, where her passing was met by a period of national mourning. A museum was later constructed in Rio De Janeiro in her honor, and in 1995 she was the subject of the acclaimed documentary Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide.

Carnaval Brasil Videos: Carmem Miranda Remix - CHICA CHICA BOOM CHIC

Carmem Miranda is definately one of Brazil´s most known characters around the world. Follows below a very well made Video Clip by Doni Sacramento on Carmem ´s classic Chica Chica Boom Chic song.

The Remix was made by a Band called 1E99.

The images are very cool since they are a collection of various phases of Carmem´s career.

History Carnival Video: Early 20th Century Carnaval Footage Brazil II

Carnival History Videos- Part II

Here you see the Carnaval in Brazil moving forward to Carnival balls which peaked during World War II, Costume contests and some initial footage in full color.

It also shows partly an interview with the author of "Aurora" Mario Lago , who composed this famous type of Samba.

History Carnival Video: Early 20th Century Carnaval Footage Brazil

Carnival History Videos- Part I

Below, a rare Carnival video which shows early expressions of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro at beginning of the 20th century through 1940´s. As you will see, the events varied from Carnival balls, Confeti battles, and beach bath in costumes, as well as street merry making.

As you will see: in the1920 and 1930s´...innocence prevailed!

Video Valesca Popozuda Carnaval HD Brazil Carnival BR

This is the Video of Valeska Santos, known as Valesca Popozuda. She gained famed after mixing samba and Rio funk genre.

Valeska supports Porto da Pedra Samba-School.

Good luck Valesca in your parades!

Bangalafumenga Video in HD: Street Carnival Drumming

Bangalafumenga (aka Banga, pronounced BAHN-ga) started out as a Rio de Janeiro Carnival bloco ( Street Carnival band ) in 1998. Banga parades in the streets of Rio's South Side soon became popular and ended with huge street parties.

Motivated by the success of the Carnival parades, Banga's core members decided to play year round in shows that preserve the upbeat and involving spirit of Carnival. Today, the Bangalafumenga band is a frequent presence at Fundição Progresso in Lapa, in bars and other venues such as Espaço Cultural Porto da Pedra in São Gonçalo, besides other Brazil cities.

The band played on the stage in front of Rua Santa Clara during New Year's Eve 2010 in Copacabana.

The name "bangalafumenga" is an old slang for a "nobody". The term also referred to the houses in early 20th-century Rio de Janeiro where batucadas, or samba get-togethers, were held. At the time, samba was considered a low kind of music and black sambistas were often abused by the police.

Below you will see a great samba drumming rehearsal by Bangalafumenga!

Orquestra Voadora: Video Thriller de Michael Jackson!

This is a video from new generation "samba band" called Orquestra Voadora. They have received a very positive success from Carnival and Samba midia in Rio de Janeiro by their great performances!

Here they play Michael Jackson´s Thriller in kind of a Samba beat!

Congrats!

New Brazil Samba Bands: Empolga as 9 Video

"Empolga as 9" is an interesting new street Carnaval band in Rio de Janeiro. They are part of the new samba generation movement in Rio. In seven years of existence , they are already part of the revelers and samba sceanario in Rio de Janeiro.

History

In 2003, a group of friends interested in the study of Brazilian rhythms and percussion instruments from the traditional samba schools of Rio, began meeting at Casa da Matriz in Botafogo, to develop new sounds.

Nightclubs like the Cultural Sergio Porto, in Botafogo, the Rio Scenarium, the Odyssey Theatre, and Fundicao Progresso in Lapa (to mention a few ), have enjoyed their great shows.

Fabia Borges Carnival Queen 2010 Rocinha

Below we see the astonishing Carnival Queen ( Rainha de Bateria ) Fabia Borges from Academicos da Rocinha. Fabia comes from a traditional family of samba members and has joined also Unidos da Tijuca.

Fabia started to take part fo the parades when she was still very young, and with 13 , 14 years old was already a full "passista".

Congratulations Fabia for the great career in Carnival!

Tatiana Receiving Award - Musa do Samba in Rio

Below the Muse of the Muses Tatiana Pagung receiving a prize in Rio de Janeiro.

Da Carnaval Video Queen: Grazi Dantas Uniao da Ilha 2010 - Mulata do Gois

Below we see the astonishing video from samba dancer Grazi Dantas. She represented Uniao da Ilha Samba- School in 2010, for a Samba Dancing / Mulata Contest called " Mulata do Gois" in 2010.

Congratulations Grazi!

Brazil Carnival Ooah!

QUEM TE VIU, QUEM TE VE- Chico Buarque versao Mulheres de Chico ao Vivo

Mulheres de Chico - Gravado no Estrela da Lapa em Abril 2010

Quem Te Viu, Quem Te Vê

Chico Buarque
Composição: Chico Buarque

Você era a mais bonita das cabrochas dessa ala
Você era a favorita onde eu era mestre-sala
Hoje a gente nem se fala mas a festa continua
Suas noites são de gala, nosso samba ainda é na rua

Hoje o samba saiu, lá lalaiá, procurando você
Quem te viu, quem te vê
Quem não a conhece não pode mais ver pra crer
Quem jamais esquece não pode reconhecer

Quando o samba começava você era a mais brilhante
E se a gente se cansava você só seguia a diante
Hoje a gente anda distante do calor do seu gingado
Você só dá chá dançante onde eu não sou convidado

O meu samba assim marcava na cadência os seus passos
O meu sonho se embalava no carinho dos seus braços
Hoje de teimoso eu passo bem em frente ao seu portão
Pra lembrar que sobra espaço no barraco e no cordão

Todo ano eu lhe fazia uma cabrocha de alta classe
De dourado eu lhe vestia pra que o povo admirasse
Eu não sei bem com certeza porque foi que um belo dia
Quem brincava de princesa acostumou na fantasia

Hoje eu vou sambar na pista, você vai de galeria
Quero que você me assista na mais fina companhia
Se você sentir saudade por favor não dê na vista
Bate palma com vontade, faz de conta que é turista

Mangueira 2010 Samba Video - Brazil Carnival

Mangueira Video

Mulheres de Chico Video Live on Lapa Rio de Janeiro

Mulheres de Chico is one of the new most hyped samba bands. The interesting concept and novelty about this samba "bloco" / street carnival band, is they are exclusively composed of women!

YES, could you imagine? The Band was created officially in 2006, with the purpose of developing several "re-lectures" of legendary Brazilian songwriter and poet Chico Buarque de Hollanda ( Chico Buarque ). The percussionists are very talented and they are able to "re-invent" the musical arrangement of traditional songs by Chico Buarque in eclectic Brazilian Rhythms, such as samba, o "ijexá", "côco", the "jongo", "marchinha" and the now popular "Rio Funk"

Mulheres de Chico band has evolved, matured and presented themselves at important theaters in Rio , such as Teatro Rival Petrobrás, Estrela da Lapa, Teatro Odisséia, Teatro Nelson Rodrigues, Bar do Tom, Clube Democráticos, Rio Scenarium, Teatro da UFF, and Teatro Municipal de Niterói.

Follows Below the Band members:

Founders: Gláucia Cabral e Vivian Freitas; Musical Direction: Flavia Costa; Arrangements: Flavia Costa e Valmir Ribeiro

Singers: Fernanda Velloso, Luciana Coló and Ursula Baldanza

BANDOLIM E CAVACO : Mônica Leme; Bass Guitar: Luciana Requião

DRUMS:

Surdos; Aline Cunha, Daniele Martini, Joe Viegas, Márcia Moreira e Michele Rumchinsky

Snare / Caixa : Clarisse Gromann, Flavia Costa, Mako Tanaka ; Repiques: Mannu Oliveira e Manu Rios

Tamborins: Malu Di Sipio , Manu Rios - Agogôs: Fernanda Pereira and Paula Villela - Shakers: Angela Souza and Teca Macedo

Cuica: Gláucia Cabral and Vivian Freitas

Tatiana Pagung in Musa do Samba Award

The astonishing Carnival Queen Tatiana Pagung shows 30 seconds of her majesty when she was receiving a prize "Musa do Samba" in Riio de Janeiro.

She received red roses, and was applauded by everyone at the ceremony!

Parabéns Thatiana!

Tatiana Pagung Samba Muse in Photo shoot with Live Snake!

Tatiana Pagung, one of the most famous samba dances in Brazil, showed she is indeed capable of going miles to support her Carnaval passion!

On the 2010 Carnaval in Rio, the Queen of Drums for the Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel, was invited to film a promotional video to support her role at Mocidade´s parade. The parade theme for Mocidade Samba School in 2010 revolved around the "paradise" plot, and Thatiana was chosen to represent Eve, a very wise decision!

On this video, you will be able to see Tathiana taking pictures embraced with a true Amazon snake, and see how she was scared too! Would you have the courage?

Samba Dance Rio Contest Video

This Video shows how a Samba dance contest is organized in Rio. You will able to see several contestants executing their samba dance routines.

Prepare yourself since the video is breath-taking! Cheers!

Brazilian Classic Marchinhas Translated to English - So Funny!!

This is hilarious!

Old Brazil Carnival Video by Warner Bros - Carnaval do Rio 1955

This Brazil Carnival video was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1955 and shows how this grandiose festivity looked liked at those days. The editing is very well made and shows Carnival balls, street carnaval, samba-schools, and cheerful revelers.

Times have changes, but the enjoyment and partying has remained unique in the world. Have fun!

Stanley Jordan Dancing Samba in Rio Brazil

I´ve never thought I would see the legendary guitar player Stanly Jordan take private samba dance lessons in a Live auditorium show in Brazil!

Fun!

Vila Isabel 2010 Samba Theme Video - Promotional Carnival Video Rio

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Mocidade Independente 2010 Promotional Video - Samba Theme Video

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Beija Flor Promotional Video 2010 - Carnival Video Samba Theme

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Viradouro samba school 2010 Promotional Video - Samba Them Video

Viradouro Samba School 2010 promotional Carnival Video. It has been produced to make sure Carnival & samba lovers get aquainted both with the lyrics, rhythm and melody of Viradouro 2010 samba theme

You can see great Viradouro Samba Dancers on the video too! This official video was filmed in December, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro.

2010 Samba Video For Grande Rio Samba-School

Grande Rio Samba School 2010 promotional Carnival Video. It has been produced to make sure Carnival & samba lovers get aquainted both with the lyrics, rhythm and melody of Grande Rio´s 2010 samba.

You can see Grande Rio´s Carnival Queen Paola Oliveira on the video too! Beautiful samba dancers and rich carnival luxury costumes can also be seen at this video filmed in December, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro.

2010 Portela Promotional Video - Portela 2010 Samba Theme

Below we can check Portela 2010 promotional Carnival Video. It has been produced to make sure Carnival & samba lovers get aquainted both with the lyrics, rhythm and melody of Portela´s 2010 samba.

You can see Portela ´s Carnival Queen Juliana Portela on the video too! Beautiful samba dancers and rich carnival luxury costumes can also be seen at this video filmed in December, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro.

Below we reproduced Portela 2010 Samba Lyrics:

2010 Salgueiro Promotional Video - Academicos Salgueiro 2010 Samba Theme

Below we can check Salgueiro 2010 promotional Carnival Video. It has been produced to make sure Carnival & samba lovers get aquainted both with the lyrics, rhythm and melody of Salgueiro´s 2010 samba.

You can see Salgueiro´s muse Viviane Araujo on the video too! She is shown with a hand tamborim. Beautiful samba dancers and rich carnival luxury costumes can also be seen at this video filmed in December, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro.

Below we reproduced the 2010 Salgueiro Samba Lyrics:

Histórias Sem Fim (Samba Enredo 2010)

by Josemar Manfredini, Brasil do Quintal, Jassa, Betinho do Ponto e Fernando Magaça

"Sonhei... no infinito das histórias
Iluminando a memória, me encantei
Brilhou... realidade e fantasia
Como nunca imaginei
Na arte do saber um novo amanhecer
Divina criação, primeira impressão
O livro sagrado da vida
Virtude pra eternidade
A leitura estimulando
A mente da humanidade

Eu viajei nessa magia
De alma e coração
Na fonte da sabedoria
Busquei a minha inspiração

Páginas descrevendo pensamentos
Clássicos, ideais e sentimentos
Romances... adventuras
Quanta riqueza na nossa literatura
O faz de conta inocente da criança
Ficou guardado na lembrança
Mistérios... suspense... emoção
É o hábito de ler, folheando com prazer
Muito além de uma visão
Mensagens de esperança
Clareando a imaginação

Uma história de amor
Sem ponto final
"academia do samba" é salgueiro
No "livro do meu carnaval"

Have a great 2010 Carnival in Rio! Party with Responsible and Fun!

Mangueira 2010 Video Samba Theme Song

This is the Video recorded by Estacao de Mangueira Samba-School for the 2010 Carnival in Rio. In Brazil, all the Special Group Samba Schools shoot a video in conjunction with a TV Network so as to promote the lyrics and the general festivity!

At the video , the astonishing Carnival Queen Renata Santos can also be seen!

Brazil Carnival

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