RIO DE JANEIRO – Musica e colore Nelle strade di Rio de Janeiro è iniziato il coloratissimo carnevale che attrae turisti da tutto il mondo (quest’anno saranno circa un milione tra stranieri e brasiliani). Le chiavi della città sono già state consegnate dal sindaco Eduardo Paes a ‘Re Momo’, il re del Carnevale, un passaggio di consegne che simboleggia l’inizio delle celebrazioni: per cinque giorni Re Momo governerà simbolicamente la città in festa.
Per i prossimi giorni, il Carnevale dominerà completamente la città a ritmo di musica, con le sue oltre 700 parate e le sfilate delle scuole di samba davanti ai giudici (foto Ap/LaPresse)
A performer from Academicos do Salgueiro samba school, dances during carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Performers from the Inocentes de Belford Roxo samba school parade on a float during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
A performer from the Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel samba school participates in the carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, early Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Drum queen Camilia Silva, from Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel samba school, dances during a carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 11, 2013.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Performers from the Academicos do Salgueiro samba school parade on a float during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Performers from the Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel samba school participate in the carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Dancers perform atop a float during Inocentes de Belford Roxo samba school parade at the Sambadrome during carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
A performer from the Inocentes de Belford Roxo samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Drum queen Lucilene Caetano, from Inocentes de Belford Roxo samba school, dances during carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
A performer from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parades on a float during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Performers from the Portela samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
