Fill in the Blanks Rio de JaneiroOnline version An activity to learn vocabulary related to carnivals by Andres Rodriguez 1 parades city Sambadrome floats biggest ticket samba streets competition famous costumes Rio de Janeiro The carnival in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , is considered the in the world , with around two million people celebrating on the each day . Rio Carnival is for its music and for the amazing and floats . In 1984 , the government decided to give the carnival a special stadium , called the , where people could buy tickets to go and see the . However , there are still plenty of street parties and parades happening all over the . The parades are a kind of and the samba ? schools ? , or groups , are judged on their costumes , dancing , and music . Some samba schools spend millions of dollars on their preparations , but it is estimated that carnival makes over $40 million from sales and advertising .