Brazilian carnival begins with topless parade (photo)
The 5-day carnival in Rio de Janeiro starts on Friday before the Lent every year.
The most impatient started celebrating on the eve of the carnival like participants and viewers of the festival Banda-da-Rua-da-Merkada. The topless parade was accompanied by the sound of samba. Half-naked Brazilian women with body art on their breasts entertained the crowd of 50 thousand people, supercoolpics.com reports.
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