Carnaval: Brasil's biggest festival. Major cities of Brasil, including Belo Horizonte, become ghost towns with the mass exodus to the Carnaval hotspots: Rio, Salvador, beach towns, and colonial cities in the interior. In Brasil, it seems that nobody asks you if you have plans for Carnaval; rather they ask you what are your plans...
Carnaval in different parts of Brasil is as different as Brasil itself. Though some (not any guys that I've spoken to) may disagree, the common thread linking the Carnavals is booze and debauchery.
I spent my Carnaval in Rio, where the festival is all about Samba. The main event is the desfile (parade).
With a little help from photoshop:
All places to stay are ridiculously pricey during the festival, but I went with Vanessa and we stayed with her brother (a Major in the army) on a military compound -that was kinda neat.
During the days we went to beaches -the main ones, as well as some private and open only to the military and their families. During the evenings we went out on the town.
One neat thing was seeing hang gliders land on the beach at São Conrado. Looks like good fun!
There isn't much more to say about Carnaval. Check out my pics in the album. I do fear the wrath of my mother and, thus, photos of nudes have been mostly left out.
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6 comments:
dang, id really wanted to see those nude ones.. ;P
It's a far cry from Malaysia, isn't it Farah?
oh actually i x need to look further. the school gym is suffice.
Caramba! Quite the exotica, eh? The color and the vibrancy can be felt despite the visuals being mere pix!....So do tell...how many beads did you collect, Leon!!??
Ranee
Can you post the link to your photos?
Ranee: definitely lots of color and vibrancy; I don't think anyone would argue with that.
Q: my albums are at http://lvarga.atpic.com
Each photo on that page links to an album.
(alternatively, you can click on a photo in my blog and it'll take you to the corresponding album). Enjoy!
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