# Carnival block

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Street bands that mobilize crowds during Brazilian Carnival

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**Carnival blocks**, **carnaval blocos** or **blocos de rua** are street bands that mobilize crowds on the streets and are the main popular expression of [Brazilian Carnival](/source/Brazilian_Carnival). These parades fall under the term "street carnival", and happen during a period of about one month, beginning before and finishing after Carnival. Blocos usually perform Brazilian rhythms, such as [marchinha](/source/Marchinha), [samba](/source/Samba), [frevo](/source/Frevo), [maracatu](/source/Maracatu), and [axé](/source/Ax%C3%A9).

## Rio de Janeiro

Street carnival blocos have become a mainstay of Rio's Carnival, and today, there are several hundred blocos. Block parades start in January, and may last until the Sunday after Carnival. Carnaval Blocos are found throughout Rio de Janeiro. One of the largest and oldest blocos is [Cordão do Bola Preta](/source/Cord%C3%A3o_da_Bola_Preta), based in downtown Rio. Other large groups include [Banda de Ipanema](/source/Banda_de_Ipanema) and [Monobloco](/source/Monobloco).

## Recife and Olinda

Giants dolls of Olinda, Pernambuco

In [Recife](/source/Recife), the carnival block [Galo da Madrugada](/source/Galo_da_Madrugada) was registered in the [Guinness Book of World Records](/source/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records) as the biggest carnival parade in the world. In its 2013 parade, the crowd following the bloco was larger than 2,500,000 people[1]).

Besides [Galo da Madrugada](/source/Galo_da_Madrugada), thousands of others carnival blocks with sizes ranging from few hundred to millions of people, perform in the streets of [Recife](/source/Recife) and [Olinda](/source/Olinda) including As Virgens de Olinda, Eu Acho É Pouco, Batutas de São José, Lenhadores, Pitombeiras, Segura o Talo, Bloco da Saudade, Enquanto Isso Na Sala de Justiça and [O Homem da Meia-Noite](/source/O_Homem_da_Meia-Noite).

## Minas Gerais

Blocks are the most traditional parading type in [Minas Gerais](/source/Minas_Gerais). [Zé Pereira dos Lacaios](/source/Z%C3%A9_Pereira_dos_Lacaios) in [Ouro Preto](/source/Ouro_Preto), founded in 1867, is the oldest block still active in Brazil. [2] [3]

## See also

- [Samba school](/source/Samba_school)

- [Sambodromo](/source/Sambodromo)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Galo da Madrugada: público estimado de 2,5 milhões - Geral"](https://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,galo-da-madrugada-publico-estimado-de-2-5-milhoes,995344). *Estadão*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-g101_2-0)** Dolores Orosco (2008-02-04). ["Centenário Zé Pereira dos Lacaios atrai multidão com marchinhas"](https://g1.globo.com/Carnaval2008/0,,MUL286038-9772,00.html) (in Portuguese). [G1](/source/G1_(website)). Retrieved 2021-08-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-otempo01_3-0)** ["Bloco mais antigo do país, Zé Pereira desfila no Carnaval de BH"](https://www.otempo.com.br/cidades/bloco-mais-antigo-do-pais-ze-pereira-desfila-no-carnaval-de-bh-1.1430371) (in Portuguese). [O Tempo](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=O_Tempo_(jornal)&action=edit&redlink=1). 2017-02-01. Retrieved 2021-08-14.

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