Nowadays, the most famous carnival is that held in Rio DE Janeiro, where thousands of people, wearing masks and colorful costumes, dance samba to the sound of drums and music.

时至今日，最著名的狂欢节会在里约热内卢举办，成千上万的人身着各色服饰，头戴面具，伴着音乐和鼓点一起跳桑巴。

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Months before the Carnival, some professional Samba schools will set out to compose music, rehearse5 dances and design costumes according to the current theme of the Carnival.

狂欢节开始的前几个月，一些专业的桑巴舞学校便会根据当年的狂欢节主题着手制作音乐、编排舞蹈、设计服饰。

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Nowadays, the most famous carnival is held in Rio de Janeiro, where thousands of people, wearing masks and colorful costumes, dance samba to the sound of drums and music.

时至今日，最著名的狂欢节会在里约热内卢举办，成千上万的人头戴面具， 身着各色服饰，伴着音乐和鼓点一起跳桑巴舞（samba）。

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Marcelo D2 became famous when he created a new form of hip-hop by mixing it with the Brazilian music called samba.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Nicole, what kind of music was that? Samba, Salsa.

妮可，当时是什么音乐来着？桑巴舞，萨尔萨舞。

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The twenty-five year old plays jazz that is influenced by the sounds of funk,soul, samba and blues music.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

Despite all the changes taking place citywide, cariocas (residents of Rio) still gather late into the night and sway to the samba music that pours out of bars and cafes in rejuvenated neighbourhoods like Lapa in the south of the city.

BBC: Living in: Rio de Janeiro

But they speak Portuguese, prefer samba to local music, and their children attend Brazilian schools.

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If samba is the soul of Rio, its heart is undoubtedly Lapa, a rough-and-tumble district on the edge of downtown that is home to dozens of old-fashioned samba clubs and music-filled bars.

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