Photo Tour of Carnival Celebrations Across the Globe » A dancer of Imperio Serrano Samba School performs at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro Feb. 22, 2009. (Ricardo Moraes/AP Photo)
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- A ceremonial parade in Oruro, Bolivia lasts for 20 hours and covers 4 kilometers. Participants put on hand-crafted masks and join in the traditional celebrations.
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- Revelers of the Beija Flor samba school perform at the Sambadrome during the first night of Rio de Janeiro’s famed carnival parades (Vanderlei Almeida/AFP – getty images)
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- A person in a carnival costume and mask poses for a picture in San Marco square in Venice during the annual Venice Carnival (Damien Meyer/AFP-getty images)
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- A reveler spits fire during a carnival parade in Barranquilla, Colombia. Barranquilla’s carnival was declared Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2003 by UNESCO. (Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)
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- A member of the Mondo Kayo Marching Club poses during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Patrick Semansky/ Getty Images)
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- The carnival in its modern form dates from the 1980s but carnivals in Venice go back to the 13th Century. (AFP – BBC news)
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- Dancers perform at the carnival parade at the sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro (Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo)
