Brazilian Carnival
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The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival. The celebrations occur for five days before Ash Wednesday at noon, to mark the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter. During Lent, Roman C
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
Samba schools parades in the Sambadrome in the 2015 Rio Carnival
A typical couple performers of Samba dance
Carnival queen of Rio de Janeiro
Rio Carnival
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The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest celebration of Carnival in the world, with two million people per day on the streets. The first C
Brazilian Carnival
…in coastal cities. Rio de Janeiro's carnival alone drew 6 million people in 2018, with 1.5 million being travelers from inside and outside Brazil. Rio's carnival is the largest single carnival parade in the world according to Guinness World Records. Meanwhile, the carnival of São Paulo is the largest street…
A float at Rio Carnival, 2014
A typical performer of Samba dance
Drum Queen