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Brazilian Carnaval In Paraty (2)
Written by Zhu on March 3, 2009 – 10:06 am11 Comments | 5 Read this
The Carnival lasted five days in total, four of them of total madness.
I´m not sure how many people attended, but the city was packed. Cars from Sao Paolo and Rio were parked everywhere, beaches were jammed and the whole place was on party mode.
Every night, the Carnival started around 10:00, to finish around sunrise. Blocos all over the place were leading people in the old town and there were always some drummers getting ready somewhere. People were drinking, dancing, eating, walking, singing non-stop. Meanwhile, everybody was pretty well-behaved.
We had a lot of fun. Most of the time, we just followed blocos in the streets, dancing behind them. Occasionally, we would stop somewhere and watch people´s costums — the people parade is sometimes better than the official parade.
During the day, we relaxed at the beach… or at least, we tried too, until we discovered another original way to celebrate Carnival.
 The Carnaval King |
 Drummers Ready! |
 Leading The Way |
 Colorful Hats |
 The Party! |
 Walking The Streets |
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@Max Coutinho — It´s quite cool, and I´m sure you can imagine how it is!
@RennyBA — Snow IS very exotic to me right now!
@aline — Food is okay, mostly rice, meat and beans. And a lot of shrimps!
@Tulsa Gentleman — I promise, God, I promise I will have a food series. But I still have so much to post, probably after we come back… you do want to hear about Rio de Janeiro first, don´t you?
@DianeCA — Best way to participate is to join the Brazlians in the street, even without fancy costums!
@shionge — I loved it!
@Sidney — I know, Feng and I kept on joking about him, cause he was drinking beer all the time
@Bluefish — You are probably refering to Rio de Janeiro costums… next
@Seraphine — I know, and I´m glad we followed the rule!
@Final_Transit — Awesome! I took some video, if only I could figure how to put them online…!