RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro began four days of revelry on Friday as the mayor handed the city keys to the Lord of Misrule signaling the start of its famed Carnival.
The huge annual pre-Lenten party traditionally begins with the symbolic relinquishing of control of the Brazilian city to King Momo, this year in the portly shape of Milton Rodrigues da Silva, and the forces of Carnival chaos he represents.
The huge annual pre-Lenten party traditionally begins with the symbolic relinquishing of control of the Brazilian city to King Momo, this year in the portly shape of Milton Rodrigues da Silva, and the forces of Carnival chaos he represents.
Ah, to be in the southern hemisphere, where even the keys are inserted in the opposite direction...
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