Crimson & Magenta & Rose

Crimson is the Rio Carnaval float — the deep vivid crimson of the most dramatically large and the most comprehensively spectacular carnival parade vehicle. The alegórico: the Rio de Janeiro Carnaval parade alegorical float — the alegórico (the most immediately dramatically large and the most comprehensively artistically spectacular of any carnival parade vehicle in the world — the most specifically Rio Carnaval and the most immediately Sambadrome-parade-format-specific of all the carnival float traditions — characterized by the most immediately overwhelming scale — typically 6-10 meters tall and 30-40 meters long — the most immediately artistically designed and the most comprehensively technically sophisticated of any carnival parade element: each samba school typically commissioning 4-8 major allegorical floats for the most immediately important Sambadrome parade night — each float being the most immediately the result of months of the most directly artisanal and the most comprehensively engineering-and-artistic collaboration between the most specifically Rio Carnaval carnavalesco — the most immediately artistic director — and the most immediately skilled float-construction artisans of the most comprehensively Rio Carnaval float-making workshops of the most famous Cidade do Samba — the Carnival City — the most immediately professionally organized and the most comprehensively float-production-facility-specific of any carnival workshop complex in the world) is the most immediately internationally photographed and the most comprehensively specifically Rio-Carnaval-visual-tradition-specific of any South American carnival parade element. Magenta is the Rio feather costume — the pure vivid electric magenta of the most dramatically oversized Brazilian carnival costume. Rio Carnaval costumes: the Rio Carnaval feather fantasy costume tradition (the most immediately dramatically oversized and the most comprehensively feather-specific of any world carnival costume tradition — the most specifically Porta-Bandeira and Mestre-Sala ceremonial couple costume, the most immediately fantasia costume of the most richly dressed samba-school parade participants, and the most specifically passista — the individual samba dancer — costume) is the most immediately internationally famous and the most comprehensively feather-and-sequin-specific of any carnival costume tradition — the specific pure vivid electric magenta of the most brilliantly dyed and the most immediately dramatically oversized ostrich-plume headpiece and the most elaborately sequined bodypiece creating the most immediately internationally photographed and the most comprehensively Rio-Carnaval-specific carnival costume element of any world carnival tradition. Rose is the samba school dress — the vivid electric rose of the most comprehensively choreographed Brazilian carnival dance costume. The samba school tradition: the Rio de Janeiro samba schools (escolas de samba — the most immediately large and the most comprehensively organizationally complex of any carnival parade participant institution — the most immediately famous and the most comprehensively competition-specific: the Special Group — Grupo Especial — the most immediately elite and the most comprehensively competition-judged of the Rio samba school divisions — comprising approximately 12-14 of the most immediately famous and the most comprehensively historically important samba schools — including: Mangueira — the most immediately historically important and the most comprehensively politically activist of the Rio samba schools; Portela — the most immediately championship-title-holding and the most comprehensively Rio samba school historically dominant; and Beija-Flor de Nilópolis — the most immediately contemporarily successful and the most comprehensively technically specific in recent Rio Carnaval competitions — each Grupo Especial school marching approximately 4,000-5,000 costumed participants in the most comprehensively choreographed and the most immediately dramatically costumed 75-90 minute Sambadrome parade performance) is the most immediately large-scale and the most comprehensively artistically organized of any carnival tradition — the vivid electric rose-to-hot-pink of the most brilliantly sequined and the most immediately dramatically choreographed samba passista dancer costume being the most immediately internationally photographed and the most comprehensively Rio-Carnaval-samba-specific of any Brazilian carnival dance costume color.