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It is CarnivalSeason in many countries around the world with a Roman Catholicheritage. Celebrations and parades put on just prior to the observanceof Lent. Tomorrow will be the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, but the pastcouple of weeks have seen parades and celebrations throughout Europe,the Caribbean and South America - notably Venice, Italy and Brazil.Collected here are just a glimpse of some of the elaborate celebrationsof this Carnival season. (40 photos total)
Aqueen of the drums of the Vai-Vai samba school parades at theSambadrome as part of Carnival celebrations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, earlyon February 22, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Amember of the Grande Rio samba school gives the final touches to aneagle atop a float at Samba City in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February16, 2009. (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Awoman prepares a float of the Grande Rio samba school before performingin Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) #
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Amember of Academicos do Grande Rio samba school work on a float inSamba City in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 18, 2009. (VANDERLEIALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Frenchcabaret dancers from the Moulin Rouge pose during a photo call in Riode Janeiro February 20, 2009. The dancers are in Rio de Janeiro from20-24 February to participate in the carnival festivities by the topsamba groups. (REUTERS/Sergio Moraes) #
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Revelerscover themselves with mud during the annual 'Bloco de Lama' carnivalcelebrations in Parati, Brazil, Saturday, Feb, 21, 2009. (APPhoto/Natacha Pisarenko) #
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Aman is seen covered in mud during the annual 'Bloco de Lama' carnivalcelebrations in Parati, Brazil, Saturday, Feb, 21, 2009.(APPhoto/Natacha Pisarenko) #
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Membersof Tom Maior samba school parade atop of a float at the Sambadrome, aspart of Carnival celebrations, in Sao Paulo, Brazil early February 21,2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Apainted member of Leandro de Itaquera samba school parades at theSambadrome, as part of Carnival celebrations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, lateon February 21, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Disabledparticipants from Leandro de Itaquera samba school parade onwheelchairs at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, late on February21, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A woman from Perola Negra samba school parades during the carnival in Sao Paulo February 22, 2009. (REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker) #
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Dancersperform on a float during the parade of the Mocidade Alegre sambaschool in Sao Paulo, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) #
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Drumersof Mocidade Alegre samba school parade at the Sambadrome, as part ofCarnival celebrations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early on February 22, 2009.(MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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AnaMaria Tavarez reacts after being crowned the Tenerife Carnival Queen2009 during a carnival gala in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the SpanishCanary Island of Tenerife, late February 18, 2009. (REUTERS/SantiagoFerrero) #
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Aparticipant named Drag Noa performs at a drag queen competition duringcarnival festivities in Las Palmas on the Spanish Canary Island of GranCanaria, late February 20, 2009. (REUTERS/Borja Suarez) #
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Amember of Mocidade Alegre samba school parades in Sao Paulo, Brazil,early on February 22, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Afloat from the Vai-Vai samba school enters the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo,Brazil, early on February 22, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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AHungarian man wears a mask during the traditional Buso Carnival inMohacs, southern Hungary February 22, 2009. During the Buso Carnival,which lasts for six days, locals bury the winter and party before thestart of lent. According to legend, the masks helped locals scare awaythe Turks in the 16th century. (REUTERS/Karoly Arvai) #
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Acostumed reveler poses along the canal near San Marco square in Veniceon February 14, 2009 at the beginning of the annual Venice Carnival"Sensation 2009". (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Missonifashion house heir Margherita Missoni is lowered by cable whilesuspended above Saint Mark's square in Venice, Italy February 15, 2009.The event, called Flight of the Angel, marked the start of the Carnivalin the lagoon city. (REUTERS/Commune Di Venezia/Handout). #
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Aparticipant attends a masked carnival ball at the Manoel Theatre, builtin 1731, in Valletta , Malta early February 22, 2009. (REUTERS/DarrinZammit Lupi). #
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Ahorse is seen inside La Fenice theatre during a rehearsal of theCavalchina Grand Ball, one of the highlights of the Carnival in Venice,Italy February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/Michele Crosera) #
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Mountedmen personifying Sartiglia Knights ride ahead of the reenactment of thegame Sartiglia in Oristano, west Sardinia on February 22, 2009 at theend of the 544th Carnival of Sardinia. Sartiglia, an equestrian game ofancient origins, where masked knights on horseback joust for a starhung along a track at man height. Contenders try to pass the star ontotheir sword as they ride along. (MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Revellers take part in the annual carnival in the Adriatic city of Imotski, Croatia on February 22, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) #
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Amajorette jumps through the air as she takes part in the "Rose Monday"carnival parade in the western German city of Cologne on February 23,2009. (AFP PHOTO DDP/MICHAEL GOTTSCHALK) #
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Haitians celebrate Carnival on February 15, 2009 in the city of Jacmel, Haiti. (THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Beija-Florsamba school dancers parade at the Sambodrome on the first night of theCarnival samba school parade in Rio de Janeiro on February 23, 2009.(VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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A Beija Flor samba school float parades at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009.(AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes) #
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Agroup of jesters spit fire during a carnival parade in Barranquilla,Colombia, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/ Fernando Vergara) #
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Adancer performs atop a Vila Isabel samba school float at the Sambodromein Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes) #
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Amember of Unidos do Peruche samba school parades at the Sambadrome, aspart of carnival celebrations, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, late February 20,2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Afloat representing a dragon, parades during the 125th Nice Carnival,Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, in Nice, southern France. (AP Photo/ LionelCironneau) #
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Revellers from the Tom Maior samba school parade during the carnival in Sao Paulo February 20, 2009. (REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker) #
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Dancersof Mocidade samba school perform during the first night of the Carnivalparade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, early February 23, 2009.(REUTERS/Sergio Moraes) #
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Amember of Tom Maior samba school parades through the Sambadrome, aspart of Carnival celebrations, in Sao Paulo, Brazil early February 21,2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Unidosde Vila Isabel samba school dancers perform on the first night of theCarnival samba school parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 23,2009. (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images) #
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Areveller wearing a handmade mask takes part in the annual carnival inthe town of La Vega, Dominican Republic on February 22, 2009. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) #
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Adancer takes her position on a float as she prepares to enter Rio deJaneiro's Sambadrome for the first night of the Carnival parade earlyFebruary 23, 2009. (REUTERS/Daryan Dornelles) #
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Awoman performs atop a Beija Flor samba school float at the Sambodromein Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) #
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Academicosdo Grande Rio samba school dancers perform in the Sambodrome on thefirst night of the Carnival samba school parade in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil on February 23, 2009. (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images) #
More links and information
Carnival - Wikipedia entry
Brazilian Carnival - Wikipedia entry
Venice Carnival - Wikipedia entry |
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