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Carnaval
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Carnaval
is celebrated in all of Brazil's cities, but Rio's is the biggest and most flash. From the Friday before Ash Wednesday to the following Thursday, the city shuts up shop and throws itself into the world's most famous manifestation of unbridled hedonism. Its greatest quality is that Rio's
Carnaval
has never become stale, something to do with its status as the most important celebration on the Brazilian calendar, easily outstripping either Christmas or Easter. In a city riven by poverty,
Carnaval
represents a moment of freedom and release, when the aspirations of
cariocas
can be expressed in music and song. Other useful information
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Brazil,
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