Its carnival time in Brazil!

Dancers from the Nene de Vila Matilde samba school perform on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP)

Updated on: Feb 6, 2016 8:18 PM IST

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Dancers from the Nene de Vila Matilde samba school perform on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP)

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A dancer from the Perola Negra samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP)

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A dancer from the Nene de Vila Matilde samba school performs on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP)

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A dancer from the Nene de Vila Matilde samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP)

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Dancers from the Gavioes da Fiel samba school perform on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP)

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Public health workers, two wearing Aedes aegypti mosquito costumes pose for a photo during a street carnival block party as part of a campaign to warn people about the spread of the Zika virus, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP)

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A patient from the Nise de Silveira mental health institute dances in costume during the institute's carnival parade, called in Portuguese: "Loucura Suburbana," or Suburban Madness, in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

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A patient from the Nise de Silveira mental health institute gets her face painted for the institute's carnival parade, called in Portuguese: "Loucura Suburbana," or Suburban Madness, in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

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Rio de Janeiro's Mayor Eduardo Paes, center, dances with and the 2nd princess of the carnival, Bianca Monteiro, right, and the 2016 Carnival King Momo, Wilson Dias da Costa Neto,second left, at a ceremony marking the official start of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

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A reveller wearing a mask depicting the ‘The Joker’ comic character, attends the ‘Carmelitas’ block party during Carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

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Revellers perform at the ‘Carmelitas’ block party during Carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

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Dancers from the Unidos da Vila Maria samba school perform on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP)

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A dancer from the Gavioes da Fiel samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP)