Monday, February 11, 2013

Photos From The Explosive 5-Day Brazilian Carnival

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Brazil’s Carnival celebrations opened with a bang yesterday as hundreds of thousands took to the streets to enjoy the start of the country’s famous parades and street parties.
Korean popstar Psy, whose “Gangnam Style” single with its signature dance moves has made him a global phenomenon, performed to huge crowds in Salvador, Brazil’s third-biggest city, last night.
Other Brazilian and foreign celebrities, including US actress Megan Fox, are flying out to liven up the celebrations in Rio de Janeiro and elsewhere…Kimye were even spotted attending the carnival.

Parade: Members of the Mancha Verde samba school at Sao Paulo's Sambadrome
Va-Va voom: Dancers from Vai-vai samba school take centrestage in the parade at San Paulo last night
Got rhythm: a queen of the drums of the Rosas de Ouro samba school performs during the first night of Sao Paulo's Carnival paradesTechnicolor samba: dancers from the Rosas de Ouro samba school perform in Sao Paulo in the small hours of this morning
Dazzle: a reveller from Academicos do Tatuape samba school
Members of the samba school Mancha Verde Special Group
Piano and prow: members of the Mancha Verde samba school wow the audience in Sao Paulo's Sambadrome
In flight: a member of from Rosas de Ouro samba school
A dancer from the Mancha Verde samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Charge: after the Sao Paulo festivities last night and tonight, parades in Rio kick off on Sunday
Weird and wonderful: members of the samba school Rosas de Ouro Special Group at the Sambadrome
Big band: drummers from the Mancha Verde samba school make some nois
Energy: carnival marks the run-up to Lent, historically a few days of indulgence before the period of abstinence
Come on, boys: the five days of parades, balls and street parties are expected to attract millions of locals and tourists
Play to the gallery: the parades take place in the Sambadrome, a specially built space for parades
Shout it out: the overwhelming popularity of the carnival events boosts Brazil's economy to the tune of xxx
Walk like an Egyptian: revellers' costumes have become iconic in the way Brazil markets itself to the world

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