SLIDESHOW: Carnival/Mardi Gras 2012
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A reveller of the Portela samba school performs during the first night of Carnival parades at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro on February 19, 2012. Rio's two nights of famously extravagant Carnival parades began in a burst of fireworks and to the cheers of festival goers who have been partying on the streets for days. AFP PHOTO/Vanderlei ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
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