Rio goes crazy for Samba

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A dancer performs during the Mocidade samba school carnival parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Natacha Pisarenko/AP. Dancers perform during the Vila Isabel samba school carnival parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Natacha Pisarenko/AP. Dancers perform during the Vila Isabel samba school carnival parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Natacha Pisarenko/AP. A dancer performs during the Vila Isabel samba school carnival parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Natacha Pisarenko/AP. A dancer performs during the Vila Isabel samba school carnival parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Natacha Pisarenko/AP. Vila Isabel samba school dancers parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Ricardo Moraes/AP. Dancers perform during the Vila Isabel samba school carnival parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Natacha Pisarenko/AP. A dancer performs atop a Vila Isabel samba school float at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Ricardo Moraes/AP. Dancers perform during the Vila Isabel samba school carnival parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Natacha Pisarenko/AP. Dancers perform during the Mocidade samba school parade at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A dancer of Imperio Serrano samba school performs at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro. Photo Ricardo Moraes/AP.
 

Bubbles, feathers and glitter swirled on the first night of parades in Rio's Carnival, as the city's samba schools battled it out for top honours in what many bill as the world's largest party. Photos from AP.

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