Brazil’s Band from city of Rio de Janeiro Wins International Carnival Calabar

 The International Carnival Calabar was won by Brazil’s Band from city of Rio de Janeiro. The long awaited Calabar

Carnival which involved 26 countries has come and gone. Despite the fact that Brazil’s representation came from the city of Rio de Janeiro, rather than the previous performers who came from Sao Paulo, they still kept the audience

engrossed and ended up winners of the competition with 790 points.

The excitement at the annual Carnival went up a few notches on Friday night through Saturday morning as bands from different countries took centre stage at the International Carnival Calabar.

Performers from across the globe thrilled the audience at the full capacity U.J. Esuene International Stadium, with each unique performance exciting the boisterous crowd in different ways.

There were cultural dances from Ukraine, Mexico and Ethiopia, acrobats from Senegal, Croatia and Kenya, as well as flag twirlers from Italy, Tanzania, Kenya and Swaziland were some of them, and South Africa with two different sets of performers displayed energetic Zulu war dances.

The Ghanaians were especially engaging, with a combination of female dancers and drummers, and male acrobats and magicians.

The International Carnival was the climax of a series of activities that attracted more than a million revellers over the previous few days in what the Carnival Comission described as an unprecedented shutdown of the city.