The People´s Carnival So, we left Rio the day before carnival and every single person we met seemed to think we were mad, especially when we said that no, we weren´t going to Salvador instead, but would in fact be in Manaus. "Of all the places", "Oh my god", "Their carnival is crap" were among the comments we got, but along we went anyway as the ticking travel clock keeps us heading ever northwards towards Mexico. You can see from our Brazil blog what we thought about the rest of Manaus, but here's a quick resume of carnival in Manaus. They call it the people's carnival because unlike places like Rio or Salvador it is free to go along to the parades from the samba schools. These are the images of carnival broadcast around the world
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