The 27th Asakusa Samba Carnival
Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japao has the pleasure to be parading in the 27th Asakusa Samba Carnival this Saturday with G.R.E.S. Imperio do Samba! Other participating capoeira groups include Nação Capoeira, Marana, and Capoeira Nação.
An estimated half a million people will flock to the Asakusa district of Tokyo’s Taito-ku on Saturday for the 27th Asakusa Samba Carnival. Crowds will be packed along Kaminarimon Dori, the district’s main street, to watch about 4,500 dancers from 33 groups put on a samba parade. Dancers come mostly from Japan and Brazil. The parade is the main event of the Asakusa Samba Carnival, which also includes such events as a special samba show and the chance to take photos with Brazilian samba dancers. The Asakusa Samba Carnival, held annually on the last Saturday in August, has a history dating back to 1980.
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Date: Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Time: Meet at 10.30am at Asakusa Station for the warm-up. Parade starts at 1pm
Meeting Place: Asakusa Station. Access
Dress: Please wear your white GBCJ uniform, and street roda shoes. You may want to bring your own water, a hat, sunglasses, and sunblock too.
Note: There will be an open roda at the finish line!
More Links: Damiao Gomes de Souza
RSVP August 23rd
Please arrive at Asakusa before 10.30am. We will enter the “Concentration Building” and do the warm-up/rehearsal. Once we enter the building we can only leave with the samba group into the parade. That is the rule. Purchase water and food before entering the warm-up building.
We will be part of a “samba team” in a “samba competition”. ganbarremasho!
There’s already some photos online:
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/.....ba/10.html
1000s more to come, I’m sure!
Our group (G.R.E.S. Imperio do Samba) came 3rd place in the S2 Samba League, and our guests at Bantus Festa LIVE, the ICU Lambs, came 1st!!!