Carnaval do Brasil

AFP Published March 1, 2014
A reveler of the Rosas de Ouro samba school performs in a float during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
A reveler of the Rosas de Ouro samba school performs in a float during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the Dragoes da Real samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the Dragoes da Real samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Dragoes da Real samba school's float is seen during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Dragoes da Real samba school's float is seen during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the X9 Paulistana samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the X9 Paulistana samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the Dragoes da Real samba school perform atop of float during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the Dragoes da Real samba school perform atop of float during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the X9 Paulistana samba school perform under heavy rain during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the X9 Paulistana samba school perform under heavy rain during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the Rosas de Ouro samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the Rosas de Ouro samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the Dragoes da Real samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.
Revelers of the Dragoes da Real samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 1.

Members of various samba schools in Brazil put on a dazzling show during the annual Carnival of Brazil.The Carnival is an annual festival held between the Friday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter.

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