Here's a bloco (a marching-band) at Rio's Carnival performing the Super Mario soundtrack, complete with Mario-themed signs, dancing, and enormous verve.

Super Mario Bloco em Santa! (Thanks, igorz!)

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Somebody needs to smack the person in close proximity to the microphone that was tunelessly whistling along with the band.

Smack. Them.
- Jimmy_Vee
  
  I’m pretty sure that the point of this is for everyone to participate and have a good time and not to satisfy the aesthetic tastes of internet commentators. Besides, the whistling wasn’t even that bad.
beemoh

The slow pace of the initial march and the placards makes it look more like an Occupy World 1-1 protest march.

Also, is that Bret from Flight Of The Conchords dressed as the Starman? :)
http://www.facebook.com/juririm João Paulo Bernardes

Also “Bloco” is literally translated to block, it’s a pun. Super Mario’s Block!
http://www.geekforce.com Hugh Johnson

Ok, that nails it. Where’s my passport?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8834925 Chauncey Scott

Purple. :)
sean

Enormous verve? I only counted 14 people with ANY verve at all, and only 5 that sustained their verve for the entire 2 minutes. The rest were a rather lackluster bunch.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=511855650 Hilary Lannan

Bloco is what they call the street party, not the marching band.
http://www.facebook.com/toadgeek Matheus Gonçalves

ahahahahah one of those girls keep screaming “LETS PLAY VIDEOGAME, PEOPLE!” ahahahahahahahah
http://www.facebook.com/toadgeek Matheus Gonçalves

And here is the video with the main theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzzQGqvQ5zQ&feature=related
- http://devojane.blogspot.com devophill
  
  Thank you, kind sir. That was driving me nuts.

Super Mario marching band at Carnival in Rio

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