THE CARNIVAL IN THE BIGGEST BRAZILIAN CITY

International audienceThis paper attempts to understand the different uses of territory in the context of events, which are associated with the carnival, in São Paulo city. Given the different territorial uses by the Sambistas, there was a connection between the theory and the field work that achieved a critical explanation of the territorialities in the " world of Samba " and focused on a problem that involves both territory and culture. In this sense, the mechanisms through which the Samba occupy social practices and subjective representations became evident; they act as if " against-finality. " All of these practices benefit experiences and leisure over the whole year, not only at Carnival; they also structure sociability nets that generate territorialities in an essentially collective sense