Carnival dancers in Rio de Janeiro dazzled as they danced through streets, baring flesh and dripping in gold as the most raucous festival on earth entered its fourth day.
Carnival dancers in Rio de Janeiro dazzled yesterday, baring flesh in front of thousands on the 700 metre-long Sambódromo
Carnival dancers in Rio de Janeiro dazzled as they danced through streets, baring flesh and dripping in gold as the most raucous festival on earth entered its fourth day.
This year women's groups have been using carnival to push back against sexual harassment.
Several block parties have feminist themes, many women are wearing temporary tattoos and stickers with messages like 'No means no' and authorities have launched campaigns to encourage women to report harassment to police.
But that's not to say that revellers' famously skimpy wear has got any more conservative.
Feather headdresses and sparkly G-strings were seen in abundance and bare skin gleamed under streetlight.
The Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school stunned the amassed crowd as its members danced in front a pair of giant breasts
Thousands watched on as dancers from 13 schools in the city put on a spectacular display in Rio's Sambódromo on Monday night
Feather headdresses and sparkly G-strings were seen in abundance and bare skin gleamed under streetlight
This year's celebrations featured strong feminist themes, with authorities using the increased public awareness that comes with carnival to launch schemes encouraging women to report harassment to police
The festival, whose roots lie in a tradition of carnal indulgence before the austere Roman Catholic season of Lent, officially ends on Wednesday
Over six million people, including 1.5 million visitors, are expected to take to the streets of Rio for the annual celebrations
Rio have beefed up its police force to around 17,000 for the bacchanalia after the federal government denied a request for troops to help enforce security
That's not to say, however, that the raucous scenes of the streets had become more conservative. Dancers, like this one from the Uniao da Ilha Samba school, performed in their usual outrageous outfits
One dance from the Uniao da Ilha samba school, pictured, paraded dressed in an extremely revealing, blue stone studded costume
A blast of colour: The Salgueiro samba school parades through the Sambódromo on the second night of parades, and the fourth day of the festival
This year women's groups have been using carnival to push back against sexual harassment.
Several block parties have feminist themes, many women are wearing temporary tattoos and stickers with messages like 'No means no' and authorities have launched campaigns to encourage women to report harassment to police.
But that's not to say that revellers' famously skimpy wear has got any more conservative.
Feather headdresses and sparkly G-strings were seen in abundance and bare skin gleamed under streetlight.
The Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school stunned the amassed crowd as its members danced in front a pair of giant breasts
Thousands watched on as dancers from 13 schools in the city put on a spectacular display in Rio's Sambódromo on Monday night
Feather headdresses and sparkly G-strings were seen in abundance and bare skin gleamed under streetlight
This year's celebrations featured strong feminist themes, with authorities using the increased public awareness that comes with carnival to launch schemes encouraging women to report harassment to police
The festival, whose roots lie in a tradition of carnal indulgence before the austere Roman Catholic season of Lent, officially ends on Wednesday
Over six million people, including 1.5 million visitors, are expected to take to the streets of Rio for the annual celebrations
Rio have beefed up its police force to around 17,000 for the bacchanalia after the federal government denied a request for troops to help enforce security
That's not to say, however, that the raucous scenes of the streets had become more conservative. Dancers, like this one from the Uniao da Ilha Samba school, performed in their usual outrageous outfits
One dance from the Uniao da Ilha samba school, pictured, paraded dressed in an extremely revealing, blue stone studded costume
A blast of colour: The Salgueiro samba school parades through the Sambódromo on the second night of parades, and the fourth day of the festival
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