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Do you want to enjoy a Tokyo event tinged with an international flavor? Have you ever experienced the spell of the passionate rhythms of the samba attracting about 500,000 Tokyo sightseers? If not, visit the city in the month of August and be a part of the Asakusa Samba Carnival, an annual fiesta, on a Saturday towards the end of the month, in Asakusa, Tokyo. This Samba Festival started in 1981, is a new event. Since the town of Asakusa grew up around a place of worship, it observes many traditional festivals. When the Mayor of Taito City asked the year's Rio Carnival winning group in Brazil to put on a display, the festival started since then. The chief appeal of the carnival is the samba parade competition. Here during this festival you will find the Rio flavor. Looking for a visual feast? Well, bright eye-catching costumes with beads and plumes of unusual colors will obviously satisfy your vision. This time from Brazil, about 3,500 lovers of samba rhythms come from all over Japan. And the carnival is comprised of the competition amongst all the teams. There are also plenty of ingenious devices that embody original ideas, including flower-decked floats on motor vehicles and allegoria handcarts with sound systems. Here you will find there are about thirty to forty teams divided into three leagues competing for the prize. The top league consists of dancers who are acutely dedicated to dancing actual Brazilian samba. They put on unique dances with an elevated degree of scientific skill, and musical group who can skillfully play South American drumming instruments. The teams provide influential displays. A number of teams choose a theme for the year, for example "Star Wars," and the integrated design of stunning costumes is indeed eye-catching. In case of leagues 2 and 3, you will find a bit variation. Regarding this the contestants are essentially there to take pleasure in dancing the samba. They actually want to be a part in the fancy costume procession that comes together on the day. And not only fancy, but many of these teams have a humorous aspect that will surely make you laugh.
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