Obama, creativity star as Rio Carnival defies crisis
source: http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE51I4FC20090219
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Ten million extra condoms are being handed out, slum residents are putting the final touches to huge floats depicting Queen Cleopatra and Can-can dancers, and Barack Obama masks are flying off the shelves.
Brazil's Carnival, the pre-Lenten festival of hedonism that possesses Rio de Janeiro and much of the country for a few days every year, takes off this weekend despite the best attempts of the global economic crisis to drag it down to earth.
Brazil's Carnival, the pre-Lenten festival of hedonism that possesses Rio de Janeiro and much of the country for a few days every year, takes off this weekend despite the best attempts of the global economic crisis to drag it down to earth.
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