Revelers flock Rio's streets to cheer at carnival parties on Saturday

Описание: (14 Feb 2026)
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Rio de Janeiro – 14 February 2026
1. Crowd at a street party on Flamengo Beach viewing the Sugar Loaf
2. Performers with colorful costumes on stilts dancing
3. “Amigos da Onça” (Friends of the Jaguar) street party performer dancing
4. Drum band playing
5. Performers dressed with colorful clothes and jaguar animal print dancing
6. Crowd of revelers cheering
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Cassius Clinton, Australian tourist:
"I've seen it all over social media. I've always wanted to do it and thought, 'Why not this year?' I had two mates who also came. So we flew over, and now we're here. Who would've thought, 7 a.m., Rio de Janeiro, the world at my feet.”
8. Revelers dancing
9. Performer on stilts with colorful costume dancing
10. Performer dancing, interacting with the camera
11. Group of performers dancing and cheering
12. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Juliana Sorrilha, teacher:
“The idea of the jaguar, of the loose animals, makes me very excited to create (for carnival). I’ve come for 3 years as a cangaceira jaguar and I climb the trees and play all the time.”
13. Various of crowd of revelers singing
14. Various of street party
STORYLINE:
Carnival began in Rio de Janeiro as people took to the streets in the early hours of Saturday, joining gatherings across the Brazilian city.

One early-morning bloco, Friends of the Jaguar, meets on a beach facing Sugarloaf Mountain.

Thousands attended, many wearing jaguar and leopard-print outfits.

A band of saxophones, trombones, and drums leads the group, supported by a truck carrying speakers.

Choreographed dancers known as the “jaguarettes” perform with feline-themed makeup and movements.

Rio City Hall expects about 6 million revelers to participate in the raucous street parties, where groups made up of musicians, percussionists, and stilt artists draw thousands of partygoers, many scantily dressed and covered in glitter.

AP video by Lucas Dumphreys

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