Carnival of São Paulo

The Carnival of São Paulo (Portuguese: Carnaval de São Paulo) is a major Brazilian Carnival. It features a parade of Samba schools and takes place in the Anhembi Sambadrome of São Paulo on the Friday and Saturday night of the week of Carnival.^[1] It is currently considered one of Brazil's biggest and most important popular events.

The 2005 São Paulo Carnival: The opening float (carro abre-alas) of the Gaviões da Fiel Samba school.

History

The origins of Carnival stem from a game from the 15th century in which people would throw water and other liquids at each other. ^[2] Since then, it has evolved and taken different forms in the various places it has spread to. São Paulo was heavily influenced by the people who migrated from the countryside to the city, as well as by the context of the coffee sector crisis.3 Therefore, the population of São Paulo was the result of the rural exodus caused by the coffee crisis that triggered the beginning of the São Paulo Carnival.

The Carnival celebrations and the samba itself in São Paulo are slightly different from the Carnival in the city of Rio de Janeiro, though there is a clear difference in the rhythm of the sound - in other words, the speed and tempo of the music. Samba artists from São Paulo were accustomed to difficult lives on the coffee plantations and migrated to the city in search of labour work. The São Paulo author and journalist Plínio Marcos called São Paulo's samba "the samba of work, hardship, drawn to the drumming", which contrasted greatly with the lyricism and cadence of carioca samba from Rio de Janeiro.

Queens of Carnival

Years Queens of Carnival 1st Princess 2nd Princess Ref 1998 Simone Sampaio [3] 1999 2002 Amanda Barbosa Adriana Alves Eliane dos Santos 2003 Juliana Oliveira Cláudia dos Santos Ana Beatriz Godoi [4] 2004 Juliana Oliveira Lylian Bragança Érica Moraes 2005 Magali Cruz Débora Pires Camila Campos [5] 2006 Elizabeth Almeida Michelly Wendy Amanda Eliseu [6] 2007 Roberta Kelly Gizele de Oliveira Mara Kelly [7] 2008 Valeska Reis Thais Palmares Renata Souza [8] 2009 Camila Silva Elaine de Abreu Mara Kelly [9] 2010 Déborah Caetano Beatriz Costa Cinthia Viana [10] 2011 Luana Campos Elaine de Abreu Lanna Moraes [11] 2012 Andreza Sobrinho Cintia Cristina Joyce Glaucia [12] 2013 Ariellen Dominiciano Kimberlyn Muriel Jéssica Cristine [13] 2014 Cláudia Higino Mayara Santos Michelle Tobias [14] 2015 Theba Pitylla Katia Salles Natacha Moura 2016 Verônica Bolani Tarine Lopes Daniela Silva [15] 2017 Fernanda Catanoce Mayra Barbosa Priscila Gonçalves [16] 2018 Gabriela Lélis Kimberlyn Muriel Larissa Della Mônica [17] 2019 Jéssica Bueno Bruna Maia Acássia Nascimento [18] 2020 Mariana Pedro Mariana Vasconcelos Daniela Orcisse 2023 Rhawane Izidoro Nathany Piemonte Madu Fraga [19] 2024 Jennifer Weida Bruna de Jesus Talita Soares [20]