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In The Americas with David Yetman

Pernambuco: Brazil's Other Carnival

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Pernambuco: Brazil's Other Carnival

The megapolis of Recife, Brazil's fifth largest city, lies within the state of Pernambuco. Recife's carnival, along with celebrations in its colonial suburb Olinda and in the cities of Bezerros and Nazarene da Mata, features a flamboyant, joyous, boisterous week of elaborate parades, dances and costumes.

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