A samba dancer smiles during her performance.
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A samba dancer performs.
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A samba dancer of Mocidade Independente Samba School performs.
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Valesca Santos Drum Queen of Porto da Pedra samba school.
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A dancer takes part in the samba school Estacao Primeira de Mangueira carnival parade.
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A dancer takes part in the Carnival parade.
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Brazilian model Viviane Araujo, wearing an exotic costume, dances in the parade of the Academicos do Salgueiro samba school.
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A dancer performs during the samba school Unidos de Vila Isabel carnival parade.
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Juliana Portela, top, queen of the drums section of Portela samba school, and a drummer perform during a carnival parade.
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A samba dancer of Mocidade Independente samba school.
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Valesca Popozuda, queen of the drums section of Porto da Pedra samba school.
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Twins members of Mangueira samba school perform during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome
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A member of Vila Isabel samba school .
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A samba dancer of the Mocidade samba school.
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A samba dancer of Vila Isabel samba school.
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A samba dancer of the Vila Isabel samba school.
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Revellers of the Viradouro samba school.
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Drum Queen Adriana Galisteu of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school.
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A reveller of the Beija Flor samba school.
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A reveller of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school.
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A reveller of the Villa Isabel samba school.
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Queen of the Drums, Raisa de Oliveira, of the Beija Flor samba school performs next to musicians at the Sambodrome.
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A reveler aboard an Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school float.
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Thatiana Pagung, queen of the drums’ section of Mocidade samba school.
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Luiza Brunet, Queen of the Drums of the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school.
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A dancer of Porto da Pedra samba school.
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