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at a glance
world famous around the world for decades, carnival in rio is a truly wild and spectacular five-day celebration, involving millions of people, and permeating every corner of the city, day and night.

held 40 days before easter, carnival officially begins of friday and ends the night before ash wednesday.

however, pre-carnival celebrations start at least one week in advance, and continue until the sunday following ash wednesday.   arrow-back      arrow-forward
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