Festival Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Festival Type(s): Carnivals, Street Parades, Parties

Featured Festival: Rio de Janeiro Carnaval

by © Paul Dodson 2009

For more photo galleries of Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro check out gallery 2, gallery 3, gallery 4 and gallery 5.

A lion head adourns a Carnaval float in Rio de Janeiro

A young reveller - Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro

A float from the Villa Isabella Samba School - Sambadrome, Rio de Janeiro

A coffee seller does a brisk trade as Carnaval heads toward dawn at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro

A float from the Villa Isabella Samba School - Sambadrome, Rio de Janeiro

A float from the Villa Isabella Samba School - Sambadrome, Rio de Janeiro

For more photo galleries of Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro check out gallery 2, gallery 3, gallery 4 and gallery 5.

Rio de Janeiro Carnaval Video

The colour, the crowds, the costumes - this is the biggie ladies and gentlemen, Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!

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