Carnaval 2027: see the plots already confirmed by the Special Group schools

With the definition of the official order of the parades, the Carnaval 2027 of Rio begins to take shape in the Marquis de Sapucaí. The Special Group Schools have already started the announcements of their plots and the scenario points to an edition marked by Brazilian literature, Afro-Brazilian ancestry, popular culture and tributes to historical characters.

Come check out the plot of each Aggregation following the parade order already established.

Sunday, 7 February 2027

Union of Maricá

Entangled: Utopia Brasil: Darcy Ribeiro
Carnivalesco: Edson Pereira

The Aggregation of the Lakes Region premieres in Sapucaí celebrating the dream of educator, writer and politician Darcy Ribeiro for a fairer, democratic country focused on education. The artistic proposal is to present to the public its anthropological view of the formation of the Brazilian people, highlighting its deep connection with the municipality, where the intellectual chose to live in Praia de Cordeirinho in the 90s.

Kiss-Flor of Nilópolis

Entangled: “Zeneide: Blond Powder Breath”
Carnivalesco: John Vitor Araújo

The blue and white of Nilópolis will honor Zeneida Lima, spiritual leader, pajé and writer of the Archipelago of Marajó. The parade should address Amazonian ancestral knowledge, cabocla pajelance and the social and ecological performance of the honored. The proposal also promises to dive into the relationship between spirituality, nature and environmental preservation in the Amazon.

Paradise of Tuiuti

Entangled: “Ciata: Black Mother of Samba”
Carnivalesco: Renato Lage

The Tuiuti will take to the avenue a tribute to Hilária Batista de Almeida, the historic Tia Ciata. Considered one of the most important figures for the birth of samba carioca, it will be celebrated in a parade that promises to revisit Little Africa, samba wheels and cultural resistance promoted by Bahian aunts in Rio de Janeiro.

United States of Vila Isabel

Entangled: “Ploughing Torto – the strongest must always live on the earth”
Carnivalesques: Gabriel Haddad and Leonardo Bora

Inspired by the award-winning novel by Itamar Vieira Junior, Vila Isabel is committed to a literary adaptation of strong social and spiritual impact. The parade should follow the trajectory of Bibiana and Belonisia, immersing in the quilombola struggle for land, in the Bahian hinterland and in the mystic elements of Jarê, a religion of African origin typical of Chapada Diamantina.

Monday, February 8, 2027

Independent Youth of Father Miguel

Entangled: Latinly Independent: Our North is the South in Remanifesto
Carnivalesco: Jack Vasconcelos

The theme is inspired by the work Inverted America (1943), by Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres García, who proposes a vision in which the south of the American continent becomes the "north". The purpose of the parade is to question Eurocentrism and imperialism, promoting a rescue of Latin American identity, sovereignty and pride.

United Tijuca

Entangled: “The Head of the Holy One”
Carnivalesco: Lucas Milato

Inspired by the homonymous book by Socorro Acioli, developed from a literary workshop with Gabriel García Márquez, the plot promises to bring the magical reality of the northeast to Sapucaí. History accompanies Samuel and a small Ceará town marked by the presence of a gigantic head of Saint Anthony, creating a narrative between faith, fantasy and popular identity.

Willow Academics

Entangled: Laroyê Xica da Silva: the story behind the story
Carnivalesco: Jorge Silveira and Leonardo Antan

In 2027, the Willow revisits one of the most emblematic characters in Brazilian culture and its own history. The association recalls that it was in its territory, in 1963, that the trajectory of Xica da Silva reached the world with a legendary parade

The objective of the current plot is to propose a "reboot" in this imaginary, fleeing from stigmatized or exaggerated visions, and based on the book Laroyê Xica da Silva to launch a pioneering and updated look on the strength and protagonism of black women in Brazil.

Empress Leopoldinense

Entangled: “The King’s Memory and the Sumer of Dona Julia”
Carnivalesco: Leandro Vieira

The current champion of several recent carnivals bets on a narrative inspired by northeastern popular culture. The plot will tell the real story of the disappearance of Dona Júlia, a giant sacred doll of the pernambuco maracatu, which remained missing for more than three decades until it was found again in an Olinda terreiro.

Tuesday, February 9, 2027

Portela

Entangled: “To the Master, with Care”
Carnivalesco: Paulo Barros

Portela will honor Monarcho, one of the greatest names in the history of the school and absolute reference of the Old Portelense Guard. The parade promises emotion by revisiting the trajectory of the singer, composer and defender of the tradition of Madureira blue and white, combining affective memory and the scenic effects characteristic of Paulo Barros.

United of the Vidour

Entangled: Gryo
Carnivalesco: Tarcisio Zanon

The current champion of the Rio de Janeiro Carnaval of 2026 honors the guardians of African memory and exalts the oral tradition as a transmission tool for generations.

The plot establishes a parallel between the role of the Grios and the samba, emphasizing that both help to keep alive the memory, identity and culture of a people.

Academics of the Greater Rio

Entangled: “Sankofa Tabon: The returnees of the Gold Coast and the Black Star of Liberty”.
Carnivalesco: Antonio Gonzaga

The association of Duke of Caxias will tell the trajectory of enslaved Africans who, after freedom, returned to the African continent, addressing the history of the people who settled on the Gold Coast, an area where today is located Ghana - a country that became the first independent nation of Sub-Saharan Africans.

First Station of Hose

Entangled: “Oyá for Us”
Carnivalesco: Sidnei France

Mangueira will close the parades of the Special Group with a plot dedicated to Oyá, known as Iansã in religions of African matrix. The parade promises to highlight the female strength, winds, storms and transformation power associated with divinity, betting on a proposal marked by spirituality, emotion and ancestry.

The announcements indicate that the Carnaval will be marked by a strong presence of contemporary Brazilian literature, as well as tributes to fundamental figures of Afro-Brazilian and popular culture.