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2011 Carnival parades -Brazil
March 6 & 7, 2011
‡RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) --Strutting in a rainbow of glittering colors, Rio'ssamba groups opened two days of Carnival parades with a dazzling showthat included a rousing welcome for one of the elite bands that lost most of their elaborate costumes and floats in a fire last month.‡The Portela group made a dramatic entrance into the throbbingSambadrome stadium late Sunday, its 300-strong percussion sectionabruptly quieting its thundering drums and crouching down in a moment of silence for its losses in the fire.‡The fire in early February ripped through warehouses where Portela andtwo other elite samba groups were preparing for Carnival, incinerating morethan 8,000 feather and glitter costumes and many of the big, meticulouslydecorated floats. Once the shock passed, however, it became clear the2011 Carnival would be marked more than ever by the festival'squintessential ability to bring hope and happiness, even if fleeting, to thosewho have little.‡It also steeled samba group members' fierce allegiances in a city wherefans are as devoted to their groups as they are to their soccer teams.
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