A costumed reveler poses along the canal near San Marco square in Venice on February 14, 2009 at the beginning of the annual Venice Carnival “Sensation 2009″. (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)
A Hungarian man wears a mask during the traditional Buso Carnival in Mohacs, southern Hungary Continue reading »
A Beija Flor samba school float parades at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009.(AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)
Beija-Flor samba school dancers parade at the Sambodrome on the first night of the Carnival samba school parade in Rio de Janeiro Continue reading »
A member of Tom Maior samba school parades through the Sambadrome, as part of Carnival celebrations, in Sao Paulo, Brazil early February 21, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)
Dancers of Mocidade samba school perform during the first night of the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome Continue reading »
A member of Unidos do Peruche samba school parades at the Sambadrome, as part of carnival celebrations, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, late February 20, 2009. (MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images)
A dancer performs atop a Vila Isabel samba school float at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro Continue reading »
A participant named Drag Noa performs at a drag queen competition during carnival festivities in Las Palmas on the Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria, late February 20, 2009. (REUTERS/Borja Suarez)
