Colour, culture and chaos at famous Rio carnival in Brazil No Comment

The world s most famous Carnival celebration kicked off in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. The newly elected king and queen of this year s party received the city s key from Marcelo Alves, president of the City Tourism Promotion Office, a symbolic gesture that marks the official opening of Rio de Janeiro s Carnival. For the first time 200thousand people descended for the opening on Copacabana beach. On stage artists performed for the big crowd with music and dancing. READ MORE :