A investigation of the parades Special Group from Rio de Janeiro takes place this Wednesday (18) at Marquês de Sapucaí, starting at 4pm. The scores of twelve schools that paraded between Sunday (15) and Tuesday (17) will be known in terms of drums, harmony, evolution, samba-plot, master room and flag bearer, front committee, allegory, plot and fantasy. But where to watch?
The school with the highest score will be , while the association with the worst performance will be demoted from the Special Group to the Gold Series in 2027. In 2026, live on TV Globo. In streaming, it can be seen on , with an open signal even for non-subscribers.
What were the Grupo Especial parades like in Rio?
The samba school parades in Special Group in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night (15) with honoring President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT); Empress Leopoldinense celebrating Ney Matogrosso; Portela telling the story of Rio Grande do Sul from Custodio Joaquim de Almeida, prince of Benin who started to live in the region; and Mangueira First Station with Afro-indigenous traditions from the Amazon when telling the story of Mestre Sacaca, a great healer from the state of Amapá.
A do Special Group from Rio de Janeirowhich took place between Monday night (16) and Tuesday morning (17). Four more schools passed through Marquês de Sapucaí: Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel – which presented the samba-enredo “Rita Lee, A Patroeira da Liberdade”, – Beija-Flor, telling the story of the street Candomblé of Santo Amaro de Purificação, Unidos do Viradouro celebrating Mestre Ciça and Unidos da Tijuca with a tribute to the writer Carolina Maria de Jesus.
Closing the parades on Tuesday night (17) and entering the early hours of Wednesday (18), they paraded with the plot “Lonã Ifá Lukumi”, representing the Afro-Cuban religious aspect; Unidos de Vila Isabel paying homage to Heitor dos Prazeres:, Academicos do Grande Rio bringing the history of manguebeat, a Brazilian cultural movement that emerged in Recife (PE) in the early 90s, and Academicos do Salgueiro paying tribute to carnival artist Rosa Magalhães, who died in July 2024.
* Published by Jonathan Pereira
