Samba Rolls for the win 😍 Riccardo Cocchi and Yulia Zagoruychenko in Kings Ball competition! Video credits: Kings Ball Dancesport Competition | Mondans

7.2K views · 166 reactions | Several of Rio de Janeiro's elite samba schools paraded through the famed Sambadrome in a spectacular competition in the hopes of winning bragging rights for this year's best display. | Reuters | Facebook

Originais do Samba performing “Tenha Fé” live in 1972. The Brazilian samba group was formed in Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s and they enjoyed great success in a time that saw samba music have a revival. Just like their peers at the time, the group blended the traditional samba percussion with up-beat newer sounds. As they started gaining international recognition, Originais do Samba was the first samba group to perform and record at the Olympia in Paris, France, also performing in different parts