RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Shaking the ground to the beat of their drums, Rio de Janeiro's famed carnival parades returned on Sunday in a swirl of glitter, sequins and samba, the festival's first full-on edition since the coronavirus pandemic began and Brazil's bitterly divisive elections last year.
The world's biggest carnival, which officially started last Friday, hit peak party level as Rio's top samba schools opened their annual parade competition in the giant avenue-turned-stadium known as the "Sambadrome."
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