00:00 In Brazil hundreds of thousands of people are out on the streets warming up for carnivals
00:04 Which officially begins one week from today. You will see fair correspondent Ramir has more
00:09 Officially carnival will start next Saturday
00:13 Four days before the beginning of Lent in the Catholic tradition
00:18 However across Brazil hundreds of thousands of people are already out on the streets
00:24 Celebrating what's called the pre carnival parties. I'm here in the Joaquim Nabucco foundation in Recife
00:32 named after a famous
00:34 19th century abolitionist Joaquim Nabucco
00:36 Where an expected a hundred thousand people are showing up to parade down August 17th Avenue
00:42 Behind a dozen different bands playing on top of sound trucks. This is an annual tradition that's been going on since
00:51 1984 and it's just one of hundreds of similar parties that are taking place across the country today in cities like Olinda
00:58 Recife Salvador Bahia Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo as
01:03 tourists pouring from around the world
01:06 Even though carnivals only starting in another week the feeling on the streets is that
01:11 Carnival has already begun in Brazil and that this is going to be one of the greatest carnivals of all times
01:17 Let's take a short break. But remember you can join us
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