Carnaval Recife

Recife's Carnaval is one of the country's busiest. The Galo da Madrugada parade known for the huge rooster statue which is paraded around, takes place on Saturday morning of the Carnaval and is the largest in the world with 2.5 million participants in 2013. The Carnaval in Recife different from its carioca counterpart, here street shows and parades play contagious rhythms like frevo and maracatu, attracting more than 1.6 million people to celebrate and dance on the streets every year. Apart from frevo and maracatu, two other cultural manifestations that are typical of Pernambucan Carnaval include bumba-meu-boi and caboclinho. Recife's Carnaval is known for being multicultural, as people from different cultures, ages and likes gather around to be part of one of the biggest carnavals of the world.

Hours

yearly, next event 27 February-5 March 2025

Website

programacaocarnavalrecife.com.br (opens in a new tab)