(UPDATE) RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Glistening with sequins and sweat and shimmying to sultry samba beats, thousands of performers danced their way down an avenue in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday in the Brazilian beach city's famed Carnival parades.

With whimsical floats, thundering drum sections and legions of performers in fanciful, flesh-flaunting costumes, 12 samba schools are competing for the coveted title of Carnival champions across two nights of epic booty shaking.

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