Viradouro launched on Thursday night (23) its plot for Carnival 2021. With the title 'There is no sadness that can endure so much joy', the school will talk about the Carnival of 1919, an atypical carnival that lasted about 21 days. The plot is inspired by the chronicler Rui Costa. The 1919 carioca revelry is considered the greatest Carnival of the century. The party that year is similar to that of 2021. It took place after the Spanish flu and the world war and was a great affection for the population that lived sad days. In 1919, there were still no samba schools and the revelry was dominated by marchinhas. Among the highlights of the party that year, there was the first performance of Cordão do Bola Preta. For President Marcelinho Calil, the theme has the face of the school and dialogues with the current moment in the world, sending a message of hope. "We are going to tell a story of great joy".

Find here the Samba School Parade Agenda of Rio de Janeiro 2021 with the schedules of the main schools in Rio de Janeiro to parade in the Sambódromo.

Already scheduled for July 2021 the carnival of RJ, ten samba schools of the Special Group have already released the plots. The Rio de Janeiro Samba Schools Independent League (Liesa) decided to postpone the Carnival parades of the Rio Special Group next year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision came unanimously, after a meeting at the league's headquarters in the Center. Schools have decided that the event will not take place in February.   Check out the plots already released: • Unidos do Viradouro: "There is no sadness that can endure so much joy" • Paraíso do Tuiuti: "Dropping the bugs" • Academicians from Grande Rio: “Speak, Majeté! Seven Keys to Exu ” • Portela: “Igi Osè Baobá” • São Clemente: "Ubuntu" • Unidos de Vila Isabel: "Sing, sing my people! The village belongs to Martinho!" • Academicians of Salgueiro: "Resistência" • Padre Miguel's Independent Youth: “Batuque ao caçador” • Beija-Flor de Nilópolis: “To employ thought is to hear the voice of Beija-Flor” • Unidos da Tijuca: "Wanarã - the red reexistence" • Imperatriz Leopoldinense: "Boys I lived ... Where the thrush sings, where Dalva and Lamartine sing"