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SOUTH AMERICA: CARNIVAL
C

a
p
t
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v
a
t
in
g
c
rn
i
v
a
l
Ri
o d
e J
an
eir
o’s
Ca
rni
val
Ca
rn
iva
l –
th
e R
io
thi
ng
. R
ou
gh
Gu
ide
s d
idn
’t p
las
ter
a p
ictu
re
of
on
th
e c
ove
r o
f W
orl
d P
art
y, t
he
ir n
ew
co
lou
rfu
l g
uid
e t
o t
he
gl
ob
e’s
20
0 b
est
fe
stiv
als
, b
y
acc
ide
nt.
As
th
ey
say
in
sid
e: “
Dra
win
g p
eo
ple
fro
m
all
ove
r th
e g
lob
e t
o p
art
icip
ate
, th
is i
s
pe
rio
d.”
the
wo
rld
’s b
est
pa
rty

who
le ar
ea is
bath
ed in
brig
ht ga
udy
ligh
ts
arni
val f
ar of
f the
tou
rist
Rio
ofte
n en
joys
its C
from
bea
ch b
ars a
nd f
ood
stall
s, wh
ich p
rovi
de
ow y
ours
elf
io C
arni
val e
xists
som
ewh
ere i
n
trac
k an
d be
hind
clos
ed d
oors
. To
enjo
y it,
an e
xcel
lent
pit-
stop
befo
re yo
u th
r
R
ever
ybod
y’s im
agin
atio
n. W
hen
eith
er as
an o
bser
ver b
ent o
n so
akin
g up
the
deep
er in
to th
e mê
lée. T
he r
est o
f the
part
ying
fore
igne
rs th
ink
of it
, the
ima
ges
atm
osph
ere o
r by
activ
ely j
oini
ng i
n, yo
u ne
ed
rage
s in
the d
own
tow
n ar
ea, e
ithe
r on
Rio
that
usu
ally
spri
ng t
o m
ind
are
to kn
ow w
here
to g
o.
acab
ana,
Bran
co, w
here
the
uno
ffi ci
al pa
rade
s tak
e
of a
colo
urfu
l par
ade,
loud
mu
sic
The
Zon
a Su
l sub
urbs
of C
op
plac
e, or
at P
raça
Onz
e; bo
th p
laces
are
pack
ed
and
pou
ndin
g dr
ums
, ext
rava
gant
cost
ume
s,
Ipan
ema
and
Leb
lon a
re th
e pla
ces t
o see
the
ever
y nig
ht u
ntil
at le
ast 2
am.
Praç
a On
ze is
lots
of n
ear-
nake
d fl e
sh –
and
unb
ridle
d
best
Car
niva
l ban
ds an
d so
und
syst
ems
. Eac
h
loca
ted n
ext d
oor
to th
e Sam
bódr
omo
, int
o
hedo
nism
. Ho
wev
er, it
’s wo
rth k
now
ing
even
ing d
urin
g Ca
rniv
al, to
wer
s of
spea
kers
whi
ch th
e sam
ba sc
hoo
ls an
d da
nce
ense
mbl
es
that
now
aday
s Ca
rniv
al is
a hi
ghly
org
anis
ed
line
the
Cop
acab
ana
seaf
ront
pro
men
ade
pou
r as
part
of th
e Ca
rniv
al Pa
rade
itse
lf.
– an
d co
mm
ercia
lised
– ev
ent,
and
des
pite
its
alon
g Av
enid
a Atl
ânti
ca, w
hich
swe
lls w
ith
rs, to
uris
ts an
d pe
ople
repu
tatio
n, th
e cas
ual v
isito
r to
Rio
duri
ng
a mi
xtur
e of
hoo
ke
on t
he
WO
RLD
PAR
TY -
THE
RO
UGH
GU
IDE
Carn
ival
coul
d ea
sily
leav
e Br
azil
won
deri
ng
who
’ve h
ad a
hard
day
look
ing s
exy
TO T
HE W
ORL
D’S
BES
T FE
STIV
ALS
m th
e nig
ht b
efor
e. Th
e
wha
t all
the f
uss i
s abo
ut. T
his i
s pa
rtly
itan
ts,
beac
h or
reco
veri
ng f
ro
beca
use,
with
som
e ten
mil
lion
inh
ab
WI
N A
RO
UG
H G
UID
E!
l an
d
Hav
e yo
u be
en t
o Ri
o fo
r Ca
rniv
a
B
O
O
K
I
T
!
wan
t to
tell
us o
f yo
ur e
xpe
rien
ce?
B
O
O
K
I
T
!
Or d
o yo
u ha
ve a
noth
er w
orld
par
ty

SA
LVA
DO
R C
AR
NIV
AL
that
you
’d li
ke t
o ra
ve a
bou
t? Te
ll us
in a
ppro
xim
atel
y
RIO
CA
RN
IVA
L P
AC
KA
GE

6 D
AYS
PA
CK
AG
E
6 D
AYS 10
0 w
ords
and
BRA
ZIL BRA
ZIL
you
ma
y w
in a
erie
nce
isn’t
Kum
uka
can
hel
p yo
u ex
peri
ence
Kum
uka
’s ca
rniv
al ex
p
cop
y of
Rou
gh
the
glor
y of
Car
niva
l in
Rio
with
rest
ricte
d to
Rio
, as
we
also
offe
r
Guid
e’s i
nva
luab
le
a gr
eat
6-da
y ac
com
mod
atio
n
an a
ccom
mod
atio
n on
ly pa
ckag
e to
new
title
, Wo
rld
pack
age
. Of
cou
rse,
if yo
u’d
like
ena
ble
you
to e
xplo
re th
e Ca
rniv
al
Part
y.
to a
dd s
ome
sigh
tsee
ing
to th
e
of su
ltry
Salv
ado
r at
you
r ow
n pa
ce.
part
ying
, Ku
muk
a ca
n al
so a
rran
ge
As W
orld
Par
ty sa
ys: “
The
se d
ays,
the
title
of
tour
s of
the
spel
lbin
ding
Chr
ist t
he
Rio
has
a ch
allen
ger
for
S
Red
eem
er st
atue
ato
p th
e m
oun
tain
Carn
ival
Cap
ital
of th
e W
orld
. Arg
uab
ly
A
V
E
of C
orco
vad
o, a
s we
ll as
cab
le ca
r rid
es
the
coo
lest
part
y in
the
Ame
ricas
,
up t
he ‘
Sug
ar L
oaf’
to o
ffer
you
min
d-
and
riva
lling
Rio
for
its h
edo
nism
,
blow
ing
view
s ov
er th
e co
ast b
elow
.
atm
osph
ere
and
she
er u
nsto
ppa
ble
5
For
thos
e w
anti
ng a
hea
vy d
ose
of
bea
t, ta
kes
plac
e in
Salv
ado
r….
” Th
is
IF
%
YO
U
Q
nise
a
loca
l cul
ture
, Ku
muk
a ca
n or
ga
fully
par
ticip
ator
y op
tion
is in
crea
sing
ly
W
UO
H
T
E
E
N
V
B
E
O
N
O
T
K
U
I
R
N
E
G

f Rio
’s re
now
ned
trip
into
Fav
ela,
one
o
pop
ular
, so
boo
k so
on!
shan
tyto
wns
.
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