My Cátedra De Bogota Project Festivals Around The World Rio De Janeiro Carnival: This carnival occurs every year on the Tuesday before ash wednesday, the last day before the beginning of lent the carnival first started in 1723 and has grown to become the biggest carnival celebration in the world with over two million per day celebrating in the streets the festival includes parades and floats accompanied by music and dancing by each group participating one of more tan 200 samba schools in the city each school is led by a group of 10 to fifteen representatives who drees in fancy costumes and perform a choreographed dance in adittion to the parade street festivals also take place troughout the city. http://traveltips.usatoday.com/history-carnival-rio-de-janeiro-11711.html