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Brazil Carnival in pictures: Rio and Sao Paulo burst into party
The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival held between the Friday afternoon and Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter.
February 8, 2016 17:39 IST
1 / 20Performers from the Mocidade samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Source - AP)
2 / 20Performer from the Beija Flor samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Source: AP Photo)
3 / 20Unidos da Tijuca samba school Drum Queen Juliana Alves performs during the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 8, 2016. (Source: Reuters)
4 / 20A reveller of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school performs during the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 8, 2016. (Source: Reuters)
5 / 20A reveller of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school performs during the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 8, 2016. (Source: Reuters)
6 / 20Performers from the Mocidade samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Source: AP)
7 / 20A performer from Grande Rio samba school parades during the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Source: AP)
8 / 20A reveller of Unidos da Tijuca samba school performs during the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro February 8, 2016. (Source: Reuters)
9 / 20A reveller of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school performs during the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 8, 2016. (Source: Reuters)
10 / 20A reveller of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school performs during the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 8, 2016. (Source: Reuters)
11 / 20Performers from the Beija Flor samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Source: AP)
12 / 20Performers from the Beija Flor samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Source: AP)
13 / 20Performers from Beija Flor samba school parade during the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Source: AP)
14 / 20Performers from Beija Flor samba school parade during the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Source: AP)
15 / 20Performer from Beija Flor samba school parades on a float during the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Source: AP)
16 / 20Revellers of Grande Rio samba school perform during the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, February 8, 2016. (Source: Reuters)
17 / 20Performers from Beija Flor samba school parade during the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (Source: AP)
18 / 20Brazilian actress Claudia Raia performs with Beija-Flor samba school during the carnival parade at the sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, February 8, 2016. (Source: Reuters)
19 / 20Revellers of Grande Rio samba school perform during the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, February 8, 2016. (Source: Reuters)
20 / 20Rio de Janeiro : Drum queen Bianca Leao, from Uniao da Ilha samba school, dances during the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016. (Source: AP)
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