Streets during Carnaval

Nowadays, in between palaces and monuments, the streets of Rio are taken by carnaval music bands and a happy crowd in irreverent costumes!

 Santa Teresa neighborhood: The "Carmelitas", a reference and tribute to the Convent of Santa Teresa and the nuns.

Arco dos Telles, near Praça XV and the Imperial Palace

Praça Tiradentes, around the statue of the first Emperor of Brazil, Pedro I

 A very traditional costume renewed every year - os Clóvis "bate-bola"

At Cinelândia square, in front of the Opera House....

...the Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Library