All the waiting in the heat was so worth it! We went last night for our first time to the Sambodromo - where the samba schools parade - and this is Shakked's description and some photos: "Yesterday we went to see the 12 samba schools who were not the best, but the second best, perform in the Carnaval. They made not have been the best, but their costumes and floats were astounding, amazing, breathtaking. The costumes were festooned with feathers, brightly colored streamers, weird, hats, and crazy clothes. You name it, it was on one of the costumes. Piranhas, ships, horses, hoses, dirty bags of flour, newspapers -everything. The floats, if possible, were even better. Again, you name it, it was on one of the floats. They were studded with huge orange birds, waves, pillars, drums,
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