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  2. Brazilian Carnival - Wikipedia

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    Rio de Janeiro's carnival alone drew 6 million people in 2018, with 1.5 million being travelers from inside and outside Brazil. [7] Rio's carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records. [8]

  3. Carnival of São Paulo - Wikipedia

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    The Carnival of São Paulo (Portuguese: Carnaval de São Paulo) is a major Brazilian Carnival. It features a parade of Samba schools and takes place in the Anhembi Sambadrome of São Paulo on the Friday and Saturday night of the week of Carnival. [1] It is currently considered one of Brazil's biggest and most important popular events.

  4. Rio Carnival - Wikipedia

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    The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest celebration of Carnival in the world, with two million people per day on the streets. The first Carnival festival in Rio occurred in 1723. [1] [2]

  5. Culture of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Carnival celebrations are believed to have roots in the pagan festival of Saturnalia, which, adapted to Christianity, became a farewell to bad things in a season of religious discipline to practice repentance and prepare for Christ's death and resurrection. Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil and has become an event of huge ...

  6. A pickleball lover who made the sport her full-time job ... - AOL

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    Misconception 1: Pickleball is just for older people. Hirt fell in love with pickleball after playing for the first time on a family holiday in 2021. Courtesy of Lydia Hirt

  7. List of festivals in South America - Wikipedia

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    Carnival of Santa Cruz; Corso Cruceño; Festival de la Concordia; Wayllunk'as de San Andrés; La Paz Music Fest; Bolivia Electrónica; Tigo Music Fest; Alasitas; Pukllay; Carnival of Oruro; Madness Carnaval; Open Air Music

  8. Carnaval Brasileiro (Austin, Texas) - Wikipedia

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    The Austin celebration began around 1975. At that time there were many Brazilian scholarship students at UT taking a six-week-long intensive English course. Faced with the prospect of a February without Carnaval, they decided with their local friends to hold their own celebration. Carnaval '75 took place in a small room at Austin's Unitarian ...

  9. Dozens dead as flooding and landslides hit carnival revellers ...

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    Heavy rain triggered floods and landslides in Brazil, killing at least 36 people and casting a pall over the country’s annual carnival festivities.. The hardest-hit regions – Sao Sebastiao ...