The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival held the Friday afternoon before Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter. During Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence the term "carnival", from carnelevare, "to remove meat."
Devla Imperatrix Queen of Carnaval in Rio De Janeiro. Rio's carnaval is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records.
Devla Imperatrix- Queen Of Carnaval in Rio De Janeiro Sapucai
A typical performer of Samba dance
Carnival queen of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city in Brazil and the sixth-most-populous city in the Americas.
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