Bloco T-Shirt: What is It?

In the northern part of Brazil during carnaval, the parades are very different from those in Rio and are called "blocos" and "Trio-Electricos". "Blocos" mean "blocks" or groups of people who parade with the same costume or T-Shirt. Trio-Electricos literally mean "electric trios" because the first sound car parades appeared in the early 1960s with a trio of instruments and equipment atop constisting of an electric base, percussion, and a crude PA system.

Today, the sound cars carry entire bands, their guests and cost hundreds of thousand of dollars and T-Shirts to participate in the blocos can cost as much as $100US.

This year's bloco at the Brazilian Street Carnaval will be Fabio Assi and "Made in Bahia" who can animate any crowd. You need to have a T-Shirt to parade with the sound car and bateria in the second parade of the event starting around 5:15 pm.

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Samba 4 U Bloco

Diane Yakimovics leads the Carnaval bloco Samba 4 U as one of the groups donating their time and energies to the Brazilian Street Carnaval Trio-Electrico Parade.

The Samba 4 U bloco will be participating in the Trio-Electrico parade during the Brazilian Street Carnaval and will have a special T-Shirt for the event. You don't have to be a samba dancer or a dancer at all to participate! If you want to have a lot of fun, be with great people, and enjoy the energy of Brazil, then all you have to do is get your T-Shirt and join the party!

Brazil Moderno

This year's carnaval T-Shirt celebrates the "Modern" Brazil - the Brazil that will be hosting the worldcup and the Olympics all within the span of two years.

The design is of the Brazilian flag with the SambaLa logo superimposed onto the blue field.

The T-Shirt is designed by Igor Leal who is the head designer of the exclusive live of Samba T-Shirt "D'Samba".