Although Carnival (Carnaval in Portuguese) is celebrated in towns and villages throughout Brazil and other Catholic countries, Rio de Janeiro has long been regarded as the Carnival Capital of the World. The Rio Carnaval is not only the biggest Carnival, benchmark against which every other carnival is compared but also one of the most interesting artistic events on the Globe. Pretty much everyone has heard of the Rio Carnaval. Foreign visitors to it alone number around 500,000 every year.
And here are some photos from this year’s carnival.
(Photo: AP, DPA, AFP, Reuters)
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Hi, i’m here just to make a little correction.
The second photo from up to down ins’t of “Rio Carnaval”.
It’s from the Carnaval of Recife (another city, in another state), the picture shows the “Galo da Madrugada” (the translation would be something like ‘rooster of dawn’ ). The “Galo da madrugada” is the biggest carnival’s parade of the world. (You can notice the big sculpture of the rooster on the right side of the picture)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galo_da_Madrugada
P.S.:
I forgot the say, very nice blog. And I’m glad that the carnival of Brazil is also listed here. =)
It’s always great to see people from around the world posting Brazilian stuff on the web, as a Brazilian, I say hello and thanks!
Really Very nice Blog……..
Please keep posting all the pictures of Rio Carnival……….
Thanks
Vijay
Really Good Photography,Keep up the good work and hope to see and read more here. www,teeshirts.in
HELLO form BELGIUM
super vos photos on croiraient etre a Rio
1000* merci
JMN
great show keep it up
The Rio’s carnival is beautiful party to see but the “Galo da Madrugada” is the festivity for the folks to join in. In the end both are amazing!
v.nice
i like his
thank you
São Paulo Carnival/Carnaval is asweome too ok? People that only know the “Rio de Janeiro”, or people from Rio. Fala sério ein, gente se passando por carioca só pra elogiar a cidade, orgulho demais mata viu?