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The Rio Carnival
This just has to be the biggest and the best-known carnival parade in
the world. It has been going on since the 1930's and more than 500,000
visitors come here every year adding to a local population of around a
million party people.
According to Wikipedia, there can be as many as two million people on
the streets per day, making the Rio carnival the biggest in the world.
In 1984, the government decided to give Rio Carnival its new home in the
Sambadrome. The carnival takes place forty days before Easter, and the
celebrations last for four days culminating in the Samba Parade.
Three to five thousand people from samba schools all over the city
perform with floats, music themes and costumes and spectators party in
the streets.
The parade itself starts Sunday evening and continues into early Monday
morning.
The hedonistic attitude of Carnival comes from its history as a final
chance to party and go crazy before the more serious and religious
Easter holiday.
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