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Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Up to 5,000 dancers participated in the annual carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [Reuters]
Published On 24 Feb 2009
24 Feb 2009
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Twelve top samba schools competed in front of 80,000 spectators at the Sambadrome stadium [EPA]
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Financing traditionally comes from corporate sponsors, but many sponsors pulled out this year due to the economic downturn [EPA]
Each of the entries cost an estimated $2-3m and takes months to prepare [AFP]
The government contributed $3m to help the schools pull through, and Rio municipal authorities also provided aid [AFP]
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent eight hours watching the parades during his first visit to the carnival since he was elected in 2003 [EPA]
Security around the carnival was tight with the deployment of 9,800 police [AFP]
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Nearly 100 tourists had been victims of robbers, most of them armed gangs, in the lead-up to the festivities [AFP]
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