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Recife, the capital of Pernambuco, in the northeast of Brazil, is a traditional Carnival destination for Brazilians. For example, there are people who live in Rio who like to escape the waves of tourists arriving from around the world and party elsewhere. Recife and Olinda, its neighbor, have long been Carnival hot spots for Brazilians from all over the country to let loose and really party. In Recife, there are music stages downtown and spread out through the city. In Olinda, the partying takes place in the colorful, house-lined, sloping streets of the city.

The Carnival festivities begin in December, as locals begin preparing for the official Carnival in Recife and Olinda, which starts the week before Ash Wednesday. The pre-Carnival parties usually consist of percussion groups practicing in local clubs, city streets and squares, and even Carnival balls. There are a variety of rhythms from native Indian and African Maracatu beats to Frevo and samba. Carnival officially starts with the Galo da Madrugada, a party in downtown Recife attracting as many as 20,000 costumed partiers!

The ball Baile dos Artistas:
One of the most famous Gay Carnival Balls of Brazil is the Bale dos Artistas, (The Ball of the Artists), in Recife in the Club "Club Portuguêse", (8 kilometers far from Hotel Pousada Peter), which always takes place on friday, two weeks before the last weekend of the real Carnival of Recife and Olinda. This Baile dos Artistas is one of the most creative and funniest carnival balls of Brazil. Meanwhile it is so trendy, that all of the straight society of Recife and Pernambuco is participating, too. Every year some tv companies are showing this Baile dos Artistas life on tv. This ball Baile dos Artistas is the begin of the last big carnival ball events of Recife. In addition, there are a lot of other carnival ball events in Recife, too.

The ball Baile Masque (Ball of the Masks):
The next big carnival ball after the Baile dos Artistas is the ball Baile Masque, (Ball of the Masks), taking place one day after the Baile dos Artistas always on saturday, two weeks before the last weekend of the real carnival of Recife and Olinda. Every year some tv companies are showing this Baile Masque life on tv.

The ball Baile Municipal:
The Baile Municipal, (Ball of the City Recife), is taking place on the next saturday, which is the last weekend before of "Carnival". The Baile Municipal is the biggest carnival ball of Recife. Every year some tv companies are showing this Baile Municipal life on tv. In addition many numerous other ballevents and carnival streetparties are taking place in Recife and Olinda.

By the way, you will meet on all of this three big ballevents a fix part of the same participants, who are enjoying this wonderfull popular carnivalballs.

Last not least, this three carnival balls Baile dos Artistas, Baile Masque and the ball Baile Municipal are the highlights of the Carnival Ball Season of Recife and Pernambuco. They are popular events. This explains the participation of the whole population, because the reasonable prices for the entrance makes it possible.

Do you remember those big dolls walking through the streets of New Orleans in the James Bond classic Live and Let Die? Well, that's one of the main characteristics of Carnival in Olinda. Olinda is characterized by steep rolling hills covered with colorful houses. Artists spend the whole year making huge dolls, which will be worn by people in street parades throughout the somewhat longer 11-day carnival celebration, which is kicked off by a parade of 'virgins' consisting of about 400 men in drag.

In Olinda, the people celebrate Carnival in the streets. Practically unknown to foreign Carnival novices, Olinda has a very respected Carnival tradition within the country of Brazil. So, if you want to celebrate Carnival with a more native Brazilian feel, without being totally surrounded by tourists from every other corner of the world, as you'll find in Rio, Olinda is an excellent choice. It's one of the longest Carnival celebrations, which lasts until early March and believe me it is a very happening, big party, attracting lots of beautiful Brazilians looking for a good time.

Carnaval in Olinda actually gets going the Sunday before the official start, when the Virgens do Bairro Novo, a traditional bloco several hundred strong, parades down the seafront road followed by crowds that regularly top 200,000. By now the old city is covered with decorations: ribbons, streamers and coloured lanterns are hung from every nook and cranny, banners are strung across streets and coloured lighting set up in all the squares. Olinda's Carnaval is not only famous for its bonecos, which are first paraded around on Friday night and then at intervals during the days, but also for the decorated umbrellas that aficionados use to dance the frevo. The tourist office has lists of the hundreds of groups, together with routes and approximate times, but there is something going on all the time in most places in the old city. The most famous blocos, with mass followings, are Pitombeira and Elefantes; also try catching the daytime performances of travestis, transvestite groups, which have the most imaginative costumes – ask the tourist office to mark them out on the list for you.

Olinda's Carnaval is generally considered to be one of the three greatest in Brazil, along with Rio and Salvador. It overshadows the celebrations in neighbouring Recife, and attracts thousands of revellers from all over the Northeast. It's easy to see why Olinda developed into such a major Carnaval: the setting is matchless, and local traditions of art and music are very strong. Like the other two great Brazilian carnivals, Olinda has a style and feel all of its own: not quite as large and potentially intimidating as in either Rio or Salvador, the fact that much of it takes place in the winding streets and small squares of the old city makes it seem more manageable. The area of the historic centre "Cidade Alta" of town is one of the liveliest during Carnaval. The music, with the local beats of frevo and maracatu predominating, the costumes and the enormous bonecos, papier-mâche figures of folk heroes or savage caricatures of local and national personalities, make this Carnaval unique. Therefore the overnight accomodation prices for carnival are in the historical center of Olinda, the "Cidade Alta", highly like that as in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador de Bahia.

Brazilians are hot, sensual people and since Olinda is packed with Brazilians coming to meet girls and guys from all over the country you can bet the streets are sizzling. It's an interesting mixture of rhythms, in addition to the caboclinhos, native Indians, and African influenced Maracatu beats, there's Frevo, a style of music where people dance with umbrellas to a fast rhythm. People that go to Recife and Olinda know how to party and they live for this celebration each year!