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Photo Gallery: Iconic Rio de Janeiro Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine
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Photo: Samba schools parade
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The high point of Rio’s Carnival is the samba schools parade, where imagination takes many compellingly seductive forms.
Photograph by Ricardo Beliel/BrazilPhotos

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