BRAZIL: TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PARTY-GOERS ATTEND FINAL HOURS OF RIO'S WORLD FAMOUS CARNIVAL

Record ID: 584915

  • Title: BRAZIL: TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PARTY-GOERS ATTEND FINAL HOURS OF RIO'S WORLD FAMOUS CARNIVAL
  • Date: 27th February 2001
  • Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (FEBRUARY 27, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CELEBRATING IN STREETS /TRAMS / PEOPLE IN FANCY DRESS (15 SHOTS) 1.06 2. VARIOUS OF SECONDARY SAMBA SCHOOLS PARADING THROUGH SAMBADROME (8 SHOTS) 1.46 3. VARIOUS OF GAYS AND LESBIANS ARRIVING AT "GAY GALA" (4 SHOTS) 2.16 4. VARIOUS OF "GAY GALA" (12 SHOTS) 3.07 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th March 2001 12:00
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  • Location: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Reuters ID: LVABYBO3FAJY5H7V9RHFMLI59YAF
  • Story Text: Tens of thousands of party-goers have attended the
    final hours of the world-famous Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.


    Fun-seekers continued to parade through the streets
    of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday (February 27) even as Carnival
    was officially coming to an end.

    People dressed in colourful costumes danced in street
    processions to the sounds of drums on the fifth and final day
    of the pre-Lenten festival.

    While the major festivities wrapped up shortly after the
    sun rose on Tuesday, Brazil's second-tier samba schools
    rumbled on giant floats down the Sambadrome - a 700-yard
    (meter)-long avenue lined with spectator stands - for the
    final night of the fanciful parades.

    Thousands of members of the Gay and Lesbian community,
    also joined in the festivities, holding their official "Gay
    Gala."
    Brazil's five days of pre-Lenten dancing, singing, sex and
    drinking kicked off on Friday (February 23). In Rio, the
    famously fat King Momo, weighing in at 300 pounds (135 kg)
    reigned over the party that will officially end on Wednesday
    (February 28) when the winners of the showcase parades are
    announced.

    According to organizers, this year Rio's Carnival promised
    to be the biggest ever in terms of visitors. They expected
    some 336,000 tourists, many of whom paraded at the Sambadrome
    after buying costumes that ranged in price from $75 to
    $15,000.


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