Carnival ball & street parades

Revelers participate at carnival festivities during a carnival parade of the traditional Banda de Ipanema in an Ipanema street, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 7, 2009. Hundreds gathered for the annual 'Band of Ipanema' samba parade through the beachfront, the city's most famous street party of the year. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)

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Revelers participate at carnival festivities during a carnival parade of the traditional Banda de Ipanema in an Ipanema street, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 7, 2009. Hundreds gathered for the annual 'Band of Ipanema' samba parade through the beachfront, the city's most famous street party of the year. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)

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