A person dressed up in
costume takes part in the Venice Carnival in St. Mark's square Feb.
2, 2008. (photo: Xinhua/Reuters)
Carnival revellers dressed
as "Peliqueiros" run through a street in Spain's northwestern
village of Laza Feb. 3, 2008. "Peliqueiros", or ancient tax
collectors, pursued villagers through the streets ringing their
cowbells and hitting villagers with their sticks.
Carnival revellers throw
sweets in front of Berlin's famous landmark Kaiser Wilhelm
Gedaechtniskirche 'Emperor Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin Feb.
3, 2008.
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Revellers wearing
watermelons on their heads arrive for the annual block party known
as the Banda de Ipanema, just one of the many carnival parties to
take over neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 2, 2008. Revellers
dressed as cavemen, Arab dancers, pirates and a host of other
characters took over downtown Rio de Janeiro as the world's biggest
street party lurched into full swing.
(Xinhua News Agency February 4, 2008)
