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| caption      = Flag-Bearer and Ballroom Master costumes in the annual Asakusa Samba Carnival
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| caption      = Asakusa Samba Carnival Logo
 
| status      = active
 
| status      = active
 
| genre        = Annual Brazilian Carnaval Parade
 
| genre        = Annual Brazilian Carnaval Parade
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| country      = [[Japan]]
 
| country      = [[Japan]]
 
| years_active = 37
 
| years_active = 37
| first        = 1980
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| first        = 1981
 
| participants = 200
 
| participants = 200
 
| attendance  = 500,000
 
| attendance  = 500,000
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==History==
 
==History==
It is a little know fact around the world that the largest Japanese immigrant population is located in Sao Paulo Brazil where Japanese immigrants started their immigration to Brazil in 1908. Today, there are over 1.4 million [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilians Japanese Brazilians] in the country. With so many Japanese in Brazil, it was inevitable that samba would enter into Japan at some point and in 1980, the first samba parade took place.
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It is a little know fact that the largest Japanese immigrant population is located in Brazil where Japanese immigrants started their immigration in 1908. Today, there are over 1.4 million [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilians Japanese Brazilians] in the country. With so many Japanese in Brazil, it was inevitable that samba would enter into Japan at some point and in 1981, the first samba parade took place. The very first samba parade can be seen on this video:
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{{#ev:youtube|https://youtu.be/DMMS_CcZlN4}}
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==Parade==
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[[File:Asakusa-about.jpg|thumb|frame|left|Dancers from the Samba Parade in Tokyo Japan display their samba skills and beautiful costumes in their annual parade in Asakusa District.]] The samba parade takes place in the Asakusa district in Tokyo Japan that attracts a half a million spectators, the biggest crowd in the world to see a samba parade.
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==Samba Groups==
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There are two samba groups in the Asakusa Samba Parade: League S1 and League S2. Just as in Brazil, the samba schools compete and groups are moved from group to group depending on their placement.
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===League S1===
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* [[GRCES Vermelho e Branco]]
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* [[Liberty]]
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* [[Flor de Matsudo Cereja]]
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* [[GRES Sol Nascente]]
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* [[GRES Alegria]]
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* [[GRES Liberdade ]]
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* [[GRES União dos Amadores]]
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* [[GRES Nakamise Barbaros]]
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* [[Escola de Samba Saudi]]
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===League S2===
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* [[AES Unidios do Urbana]]
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* [[Kanta Brazil Marching Room]]
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* [[GRES Festanca]]
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* [[GRES Estrangeiros]]
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* [[ICU Lambs]]
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* [[GRES Império do Samba]]
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* [[Amigos Calientes]]
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* [[Bloco Arrastão]]
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==Links==
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* [https://www.facebook.com/%E6%B5%85%E8%8D%89%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E5%AE%9F%E8%A1%8C%E5%A7%94%E5%93%A1%E4%BC%9A-101054133390051/ Facebook page]
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* [http://www.asakusa-samba.org Main website]
  
 
[[Category:Samba Parade]]
 
[[Category:Samba Parade]]
 
[[Category:Japan]]
 
[[Category:Japan]]

Latest revision as of 22:15, 10 March 2017

Asakusa Samba Carnival
Asakusa-samba.jpg
Asakusa Samba Carnival Logo
Status active
Genre Annual Brazilian Carnaval Parade
Frequency Annually
Venue Asakusa District
Location(s) Tokyo, Japan
Country Japan
Years active 37
Inaugurated 1981
Participants 200
Attendance 500,000
Website
http://www.asakusa-samba.org

Japan holds the largest samba parade outside of Brazil each year in August in the Asakusa District of Tokyo. Traditional

History

It is a little know fact that the largest Japanese immigrant population is located in Brazil where Japanese immigrants started their immigration in 1908. Today, there are over 1.4 million Japanese Brazilians in the country. With so many Japanese in Brazil, it was inevitable that samba would enter into Japan at some point and in 1981, the first samba parade took place. The very first samba parade can be seen on this video:

Parade

Dancers from the Samba Parade in Tokyo Japan display their samba skills and beautiful costumes in their annual parade in Asakusa District.
The samba parade takes place in the Asakusa district in Tokyo Japan that attracts a half a million spectators, the biggest crowd in the world to see a samba parade.

Samba Groups

There are two samba groups in the Asakusa Samba Parade: League S1 and League S2. Just as in Brazil, the samba schools compete and groups are moved from group to group depending on their placement.

League S1

League S2

Links