Pré-Carnaval de Curitiba
22 Jan 2013 - 12 Feb 2013
Place: Largo da Ordem - Curitiba
In Curitiba, Paraná – the biggest city on Southern Brazil – Carnival happens a little bit different than every other place. Carnaval here is not very exciting but this have been changing since a small group of friends decided to get the Carnaval atmosphere going in the city and started to organize and celebrate its own Carnaval, back in 1998 when they founded a group called “Garibaldis e Sacis” to play on Largo da Ordem, the old town.
The idea was a great success and nowadays is a very traditional party that happens every Sunday afternoon, starting a month before the holiday official date! Each Sunday has a theme where many people dress up and spend the day following a little and improvised parade dancing, singing and drinking around the historical centre of Curitiba. In according to the organization of the event, the group already got 5.000 people together! Most of them are students but families, lawyers, journalists, among others also participate! It is a lot of fun!!!
