With colourful costumes decorated with feathers and glitter, Rio de Janeiro's samba schools paraded at the Sambadrome on the first day of Carnival. The parade competition is one of the top attractions of the annual Carnival celebrations that sweep the city every year and each samba school is made up of a regiment of dancers and drummers. The first school to walk the famous avenue was Botafogo, which is related to the Rio de Janeiro football team of the same name. This was their first time compet