Brazil: 6 million anticipated at Rio Carnival

Friday night marked the opening of the annual carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, with an estimated six million revelers anticipated to flood town’s exuberant avenue events, the place troupes of musicians, percussionists, and stilt performers appeal to huge crowds of glitter-covered, usually scantily clad partygoers, as this 12 months’s festivities additionally pay tribute to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, honored with a towering 22-meter metallic determine, symbolizing the three-time chief’s enduring presence over each Brazil’s political life and the streets of Rio. Gabrielle Nadler studies.