--- description: Revelers from Sao Paolo to Rio de Janeiro got the week-long Carnival of Brazil started this weekend with sparkly costumes, outrageous floats and wild parades title: PHOTOS: Brazil Kicks Off Carnival In A Blaze of Color image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt402fad7d47bbcf56/69868382169ab028d22780c0/brazil-carnival-photos-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [brazil](/tag/brazil/) ## brazil Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Brazil Kicks Off Carnival In A Blaze of Color by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 1, 2014 5:00 PM CUT  epaselect epa04104486 Members of 'Grupo Especial Dragoes da Real' samba school perform during the celebrations of Carnival at the sambadrome of Anhembi, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 28 February 2014\. EPA/Sebastiao Moreira epaselect epa04104486 Members of 'Grupo Especial Dragoes da Real' samba school perform during the celebrations of Carnival at the sambadrome of Anhembi, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 28 February 2014\. EPA/Sebastiao MoreiraSebastiao Moreira—EPA by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 1, 2014 5:00 PM CUT  epaselect epa04104486 Members of 'Grupo Especial Dragoes da Real' samba school perform during the celebrations of Carnival at the sambadrome of Anhembi, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 28 February 2014\. EPA/Sebastiao Moreira Sebastiao Moreira—EPA  Members of 'Grupo Especial Vai-Vai' samba school provide an impressive performance during celebrations of the Carnival in Sao Paulo, Feb. 28, 2014. Sebastiao Moreira—EPA  Revellers take part in the "Cordao da Bola Preta," the biggest street carnival band parade in downtown Rio de Janeiro, March 1, 2014. Yasuyoshi Chiba—AFP/Getty Images  Revelers of Vai-Vai samba school perform during the first night of carnival parade in Sao Paulo, March 1, 2014. Nelson Almeida—AFP/Getty Images  Dancers from the Vai-Vai samba school perform on a float in Sao Paulo, March 1, 2014. Andre Penner—AP  Dancers from the Dragoes da Real samba school perform on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, March 1, 2014. Andre Penner—AP  A reveller from the Vai Vai samba school takes part in the first night of the Special Group category of the annual Carnival parade in Sao Paulo's Sambadrome, March 1, 2014. Paulo Whitaker—Reuters  A dancer from the Tom Maior samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, March 1, 2014. Andre Penner—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/11421/brazil-kicks-off-carnival-in-a-blaze-of-color/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/11421/brazil-kicks-off-carnival-in-a-blaze-of-color/"},"headline":"Brazil Kicks Off Carnival In A Blaze of Color","datePublished":"2014-03-01T17:00:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:36.667Z","description":"Revelers from Sao Paolo to Rio de Janeiro got the week-long Carnival of Brazil started this weekend with sparkly costumes, outrageous floats and wild parades","url":"https://time.com/11421/brazil-kicks-off-carnival-in-a-blaze-of-color/","keywords":["brazil","carnival"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt402fad7d47bbcf56/69868382169ab028d22780c0/brazil-carnival-photos-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt402fad7d47bbcf56/69868382169ab028d22780c0/brazil-carnival-photos-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CARNAVAL SAO PAULO","caption":"CARNAVAL SAO PAULO","creditText":"Sebastiao Moreira—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/brazil/","name":"brazil"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/11421/brazil-kicks-off-carnival-in-a-blaze-of-color/","name":"Brazil Kicks Off Carnival In A Blaze of Color"}}]}] ```