Carnival is a really loud party, if you have problems with loud sounds (like I do) it can be pretty scary, so I prefer going to the mountains and watch the parade on my TV ; ^ ;. I always cheer for a school of samba named Mangueira, but they almost never win T-T.
And usually if you're looking for fun there are A LOT of places who do local parties, so basically every city in brazil celebrates carnival on its own way.
Thank you Riku!
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I'm pretty busy IRL so not very active too OTL