Ms Rotterdam in the Norwegian fjords.
Dance samba in Carnival, Brazil
Join in the biggest, most euphoric knees-up in the carnival capital of the world. Rio's famous orgy of feasting and dancing takes place annually at the beginning of Lent, and lasts for four days. It culminates in two spectacular street parades of competing samba schools.
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