Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2012: a second night of parades in a Sambadrome
Revellers partied into Tuesday morning during Rio’s colorful Carnival march on
a second night of a “greatest uncover on earth,” with masterfully decorated
floats and expensively – if inadequately – costumed performers. The night
processions during Rio’s renovated Sambadrome noted a high indicate of the
pre-Lent festival, a inhabitant holiday that has brought a republic of 191
million people to a near-standstill. Sao Clemente, a initial of 6 top
samba schools to take centre theatre during a Sambadrome, drew impulse from
a preference of renouned Broadway musicals such as “The Phantom of a Opera”
and “Cabaret”. The school, famous for the irreverence, had a float
displaying a recumbent Statue of Liberty in bikini and sandals holding an
ice cream.
Picture: EPA/ANTONIO LACERDA
