Carnivals 2014

• Carnivals 2014

Carnivals 2014 are in full swing. In the world are the last celebration before Lent, which marks the end of winter and the arrival of spring.

For nearly a month throughout Europe and America there are numerous festivals. The culmination was the largest and most famous of the carnival, held over the weekend - the carnival in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro: 6 million residents and 900,000 tourists filled the streets to see the cheerful parades and extravagant parades best samba schools.

In today's photos from various carnivals and parades that took place the past few weeks all over the world.

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Carnivals - a costumed celebrations associated with masquerades and a colorful procession, mass festivities and theatrical performances. They celebrated before Lent.

Carnival in Nazare da Mata in the north-east of Brazil, March 2, 2014.

"The King of gastronomy" - so called this year the main theme of the carnival in Nice, France, March 2, 2014.

The Carnival of Venice, entitled "Miracle of Nature and Fantasy", Italy, February 23, 2014.

Traditional Regatta on the Grand Canal in Venice carnival. Venice, Italy, February 16, 2014.

Witches Parade in Waldkirch, Germany, March 1, 2014.

But the devil at the carnival in the small village of Luzon, Spain, March 1, 2014.

Carnival procession in the south-eastern Macedonia, in the city of Strumica, March 1, 2014.

Carnival in Lozovik, Serbia, March 2, 2014. According to local tradition, children go from house to house, collect the eggs and jump over the fire to drive out the evil demons.

Carnival in Portugal and a reflection of the devil in a puddle, March 1, 2014.

The parade along Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2 March 2014. People are an incredible number.

He considers himself Text. Rio, March 1, 2014.

Copacabana Beach - one of the most famous beaches, not only Rio de Janeiro, but the rest of the world. And here to catch lightning - a special good luck.

But the most colorful and the most famous carnival in the world takes place, of course, in Rio de Janeiro. And the samba schools prepare for the event thoroughly: made scenery, platforms, costumes.

This sambadrom - the most important place in Rio de Janeiro. This is where the famous carnival takes place, there is an incredible swim platform samba schools. The scene riot of colors and the dance and the crowd watched tens of thousands of spectators.

Sambadrom, Rio de Janeiro, March 2, 2014.

On Sambadrom out the most famous and expensive samba school. Participants spend the carnival at the scenery, costumes and platform up to $ 1 million per year! To understand where the money goes, you can the photos in this report.

The show is accompanied by processions and performances of various samba schools. Rio, March 2, 2014.

At each carnival samba school represents a "scene", a prepared report, devoted to Brazil and beyond.

Every year, the preparations for the Brazilian carnival is becoming more expensive. samba schools compete with each other in the complexity of platforms and colorful costumes. Sambadrom, Rio de Janeiro, March 2, 2014.