Carolina Gonçalves      Reporter Agência Brasil

Rio de Janeiro – According to the city Tourism Bureau (“Riotur”), over 72,000 people were in the grandstands for the second night parades of the Special Group of Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro (“Grupo Especial das Escolas de Samba do Rio”) on Monday, February 20. The parade takes place in an area especially built for the big parade in the city center, known as the Sambódromo or Passarela do Samba. The seats inside are pretty expensive.

At the same time, there were probably at least a million people dancing and jumping ("pulando") carnival outside the Sambódromo on the streets of Rio.

During the parades (four days, so far), a total of 1,700 people received medical attention at nine first aid stations located next to the Sambódromo. Fifty of them were transported to local hospitals for further treatment and care.

Compared to last year, the need for medical attention was up 26%.

Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English

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