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  • 2/12/2024
Rio de Janeiro's top samba schools put up a dazzling display of their vibrant floats and costumes down the Sambadrome on Sunday night (Feb 11) during carnival celebrations.

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00:00 Rio de Janeiro's top samba schools put up a dazzling display of their vibrant floats
00:07 and costumes down the samba drum on Sunday night during carnival celebrations.
00:17 Flamboyant floats, electrifying drummers and samba girls paraded during the first night
00:22 of competition of Rio's elite samba schools.
00:29 This year, the major league of samba schools' parades would take place on Sunday and Monday,
00:34 where the 12 best schools would parade and display their best costumes and magnificent
00:39 floats.
00:42 The samba troops are rigorously judged on their choreography, floats, costumes and song
00:47 lyrics and every year, two are downgraded to the second league.
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