Suramérica es un Carnaval
Brasil tiene la fama de poseer el Carnaval más importante del mundo, sin embargo otras naciones vecinas como Uruguay y Argentina también celebran a lo grande con sus propias versiones del festival.
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Drummers perform during the Las Llamadas carnival parade in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
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Revelers perform during the 'Mameludicos Euforicos' street carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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A Candombe dancer performs surrounded by drummers at the Las Llamadas carnival parade in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. Candombe is an Uruguayan rhythm and its roots can be traced back to the 1700's when African slaves were brought to Uruguay.
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Revelers smile during the Banda de Ipanema carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Hundreds of people gathered Saturday during one of the many parades which take place in the city before the famed 'Carnival' which this year run
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Revelers pose for a picture during a street carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. Brazil carnival celebrations are from Feb. 20 to Feb. 24. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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A drummer, dressed in traditional clothes, performs at the Las Llamadas carnival parade in Montevideo, Uruguay,Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
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But Joaosinho Trinta, right, poses next to some of the floats of the Rio Grande samba school on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004. Trinta, who has designed the group's parade, seems intent on provoking the Church with floats that feature giant statues of Adam and Eve
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A woman paints Carnival masks at a mask-making factory in Sao Goncalo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Friday Feb. 18, 2011. Rio's carnival celebration starts March 4. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)