rio offers multiple options
for new year, from very elegant venues and formal parties to
family gatherings and the amazing
copacabana a réveillon beach party, where
two million people dress in white, drink champagne and watch
spectacular fireworks.
in zona norte, the less affluent north zone
of rio, there are also different neighborhoods and areas hosting
big new year celebrations.
since 2008, one of them is
piscinão de ramos,
or 'big pool of ramos' - a mega pool in the neighborhood of
ramos, near the favelas
of
complexo da
maré.