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CARNIVALE

FEBRUARY 2009


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It is Carnival Season in many countries around

the world with a Roman Catholic heritage.

Celebrations and parades put on just prior to

the observance of Lent. Collected here are justa glimpse of some of the elaborate celebrations

of this Carnival season throughout Europe, the

Caribbean and South America - notably Venice,

Italy and Brazil.


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A queen of the drums of the Vai-Vai samba school parades at the

Sambadrome as part of Carnival celebrations in Sao Paulo, Brazil,

early on February 22, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)


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A member of the Grande Rio samba school gives the final touches to an

eagle atop a float at Samba City in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 16,

2009. (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)


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A woman prepares a float of the Grande Rio samba school before

performing in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009.(AP

Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)


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A member of Academicos do Grande Rio samba school work on a float in

Samba City in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 18, 2009. (VANDERLEI

ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)


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French cabaret dancers from the Moulin Rouge pose during a photo call

in Rio de Janeiro February 20, 2009. The dancers are in Rio de Janeiro

from 20-24 February to participate in the carnival festivities by the top

samba groups. (REUTERS/Sergio Moraes)


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Revelers cover themselves with mud during the annual 'Bloco de Lama'

carnival celebrations in Parati, Brazil, Saturday, Feb, 21, 2009. (AP



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A man is seen covered in mud during the annual 'Bloco de Lama'

carnival celebrations in Parati, Brazil, Saturday, Feb, 21, 2009.(AP



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A painted member of Leandro de Itaquera samba school parades at the

Sambadrome, as part of Carnival celebrations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, late on

February 21, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)


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Disabled participants from Leandro de Itaquera samba school parade on

wheelchairs at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, late on February 21,

2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)


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A woman from Perola Negra samba school parades during the carnival in

Sao Paulo February 22, 2009. (REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker)


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Dancers perform on a float during the parade of the Mocidade Alegre

samba school in Sao Paulo, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Andre

Penner)


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Drumers of Mocidade Alegre samba school parade at the Sambadrome,

as part of Carnival celebrations in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early on February 22,



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A member of Mocidade Alegre samba school parades in Sao Paulo,

Brazil, early on February 22, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)


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A float from the Vai-Vai samba school enters the Sambadrome in Sao

Paulo, Brazil, early on February 22, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty

Images)


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A Hungarian man wears a mask during the traditional Buso Carnival in

Mohacs, southern Hungary February 22, 2009. During the Buso Carnival,

which lasts for six days, locals bury the winter and party before the start

of lent. According to legend, the masks helped locals scare away the

Turks in the 16th century. (REUTERS/Karoly Arvai)


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A costumed reveler poses along the canal near San Marco square in

Venice on February 14, 2009 at the beginning of the annual Venice

Carnival "Sensation 2009". (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)


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Missoni fashion house heir Margherita Missoni is lowered by cable while

suspended above Saint Mark's square in Venice, Italy February 15, 2009.

The event, called Flight of the Angel, marked the start of the Carnival in

the lagoon city. (REUTERS/Commune Di Venezia/Handout).


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A participant attends a masked carnival ball at the Manoel Theatre, built in

1731, in Valletta , Malta early February 22, 2009. (REUTERS/Darrin Zammit

Lupi).


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A horse is seen inside La Fenice theatre during a rehearsal of the

Cavalchina Grand Ball, one of the highlights of the Carnival in Venice,

Italy February 21, 2009. (REUTERS/Michele Crosera)


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Mounted men personifying Sartiglia Knights ride ahead of the reenactment of

the game Sartiglia in Oristano, west Sardinia on February 22, 2009 at the endof the 544th Carnival of Sardinia. Sartiglia, an equestrian game of ancient

origins, where masked knights on horseback joust for a star hung along a

track at man height. Contenders try to pass the star onto their sword as they

ride along. (MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images)


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A majorette jumps through the air as she takes part in the "Rose Monday"

carnival parade in the western German city of Cologne on February 23,

2009. (AFP PHOTO DDP/MICHAEL GOTTSCHALK)


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Haitians celebrate Carnival on February 15, 2009 in the city of Jacmel,

Haiti. (THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP/Getty Images)


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Beija-Flor samba school dancers parade at theSambodrome on the firstnight of the Carnival samba school parade in Rio de Janeiro on February

23, 2009. (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)


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A Beija Flor samba school float parades at the Sambodrome in Rio de

Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009.(AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)


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A group of jesters spit fire during a carnival parade in Barranquilla,

Colombia, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/ Fernando Vergara)


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A member of Unidos do Peruche samba school parades at the

Sambadrome, as part of carnival celebrations, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, late

February 20, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)


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A float representing a dragon, parades during the 125th Nice Carnival,

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, in Nice, southern France. (AP Photo/ Lionel

Cironneau)


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Revellers from the Tom Maior samba school parade during the carnival in

Sao Paulo February 20, 2009. (REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker)


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Dancers of Mocidade samba school perform during the first night of the

Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, early February 23, 2009.

(REUTERS/Sergio Moraes)


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A member of Tom Maior samba school parades through the Sambadrome,

as part of Carnival celebrations, in Sao Paulo, Brazil early February 21,



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Unidos de Vila Isabel samba school dancers perform on the first night of

the Carnival samba school parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February

23, 2009. (VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)


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A reveller wearing a handmade mask takes part in the annual carnival in

the town of La Vega, Dominican Republic on February 22, 2009.

(REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz)


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A dancer takes her position on a float as she prepares to enter Rio de

Janeiro's Sambadrome for the first night of the Carnival parade early

February 23, 2009. (REUTERS/Daryan Dornelles)


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Academicos do Grande Rio samba school dancers perform in the

Sambodrome on the first night of the Carnival samba school parade in

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 23, 2009. (VANDERLEIALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)


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