How many days does Rio's Carnival last?

The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a festival held every year before Lent and considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets. The first Carnival festival in Rio occurred in 1723.

The typical Rio carnival parade is filled with revelers, floats, and adornments from numerous samba schools which are located in Rio (more than 200 approximately, divided into five leagues/divisions). A samba school is composed of a collaboration of local neighbours that want to attend the carnival together, with some kind of regional, geographical and common background.

Rio’s Carnival begins on the Friday preceding Lent and ends on Ash Wednesday, but the Winners' Parade happens on Saturday after the carnival ends. The winning school and runners' up of the Special Group, as well as the A-Series champion, all march past one final time on this night.

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E11-Hitman

The best option here is 6; the correct answer is 5.

jshehan

Last time I checked Friday evening to Wednesday noon is only five days Carol

Julie Allen

Think 5 days would be a better option.

Leapy Lee

I’ve had almost as many incorrect answers given this week than correct ones! I picked 6 as being the closest number to the correct answer of 5.

Stevie G

The answer given of 6 is not clearly given in the explanation.

Richard D. Boyle

It starts on the Friday before Ash Wednesday (day 1) and ends on Ash Wednesday (day 6). Try counting on your fingers and remember that if you leave for a trip on Friday and return the following Friday, that’s 8 days.