Samba do Brasil - Chiquite Bacana

Samba provides the heart-pulse of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. The Carnival was introduced to Brazil by Portuguese colonists but gradually became the realm of the Afro-Brazilian population. Today, Samba schools, the escolas, spend months of work in preparations for this one occasion. Every year new samba songs are written especially for the carnival, thus keeping the genre alive and fresh.