Samba-Enredo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samba-enredo is a sub-genre of Samba in which songs are performed by a samba school (or escola de samba) for the festivities of Carnaval. "Samba-enredo" is the Portuguese equivalent of "samba in song," or "song samba." Choosing a samba-enredo is a long and tedious process. Before Carnaval, months in advance, a samba school holds contests for writing the song. Each school receives many, sometimes hundreds of songs, hoping to be the next samba-enredo for that year.