Carnival in Numbers

  • 4 days of celebration
  • 24.000 people parading at the Sambadrome per night
  • 90.000 people held in the Sambodromo
  • 425 Blocos (street parties)
  • 2.2 million people partying on the streets
  • 1.014 people arrested for urinating in the streets
  • 1.000 tons of garbage
  • 850 $ million of revenue

*Data from municipal Secretaries for Tourism and Conservation for Carnival 2012

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