Photos: Rio celebrates Carnival 2012
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A reveller from the Vila Isabel samba school performs during the first night of Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro on February 20, 2012. The night parades in Rio's hallowed Sambadrome marked the high point of the pre-Lent bacchanalian Carnival festival, which is bringing this racially diverse country of 191 million people, virtually to a stop. AFP PHOTO / VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
