popular cangas are bright in color, and one can gather a good idea of what is being used in a particular stretch of the beach just by looking around - prints resembling the sidewalks of copacabana and ipanema are favorites by visitors, while bright colored and circular patterns are much more popular choices amonsgt locals.

the next beach item on the list is a bathing suit, very important and a fashion statement in itself - the type of bathing suit, the colors, and the patterns are one of the things that will immediately give away a foreign visitor, both male and female - topless bathing suits are only allowed in certain areas such as the praia de abricó.

for men, there are two simple and very easy choices choices, which include sungas, and board-shorts or bermudas - the sunga is the most famous and perhaps daring choice for men, as it is essentially the beach-version of a boxer-brief.