A worker of the Caprichosos de Pilares samba school, works on a figure for a float in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 15, 2006. The extravagant parade, the high point of the four-day long carnival bash, is scheduled for the nights of Feb. 26 and 27. Thousands of dancers and hundreds of drummers from the city's premiere samba groups _ known as 'schools' _ will parade well into the early morning hours in the city's 'Sambodromo' stadium. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)

A worker of the Caprichosos de Pilares samba school, works on a figure for a float in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 15, 2006. The extravagant parade, the high point of the four-day long carnival bash, is scheduled for the nights of Feb. 26 and 27. Thousands of dancers and hundreds of drummers from the city's premiere samba groups _ known as 'schools' _ will parade well into the early morning hours in the city's 'Sambodromo' stadium. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)