In the wake of the upcoming Carnival festivities of Brazil, our correspondent Brian Mier reports on the traditional parties taking place before the iconic celebration starts on Friday, February 28th. teleSUR
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00:00In Brazil, Carnival doesn't officially start for another week, but hundreds of thousands
00:06of people are out on the streets this weekend anyway.
00:09Our correspondent Brian Meir has more.
00:13Hundreds of thousands of people have come out to the streets in many of Brazil's major
00:17cities today, including Recife, where I am, Olinda, our sister city, Salvador, Bahia,
00:23Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, to participate in the last weekend of traditional pre-Carnival
00:28parties.
00:29Carnival begins officially at the stroke of midnight from Friday to Saturday of next week,
00:35meaning it's less than a week away, and people are already getting in the mood, coming out
00:39on the streets, dancing, putting on costumes, dancing behind their favorite kinds of drum
00:44beats like maracatu, samba, frevo here in Recife and Olinda as well.
00:50And it's really like the last weekend when people can go out and not be completely overwhelmed
00:55by the huge crowd.
00:56So it's more popular with families this weekend, but in general, people are just getting really
01:01into the Carnival spirit this year, and Telesur is going to be broadcasting from three different
01:07locations in Brazil during Carnival.
01:10Here in Recife, Olinda, which has the oldest and most traditional street carnival in Brazil,
01:14Salvador, which has the largest street carnival, and Rio de Janeiro, which is a world iconic
01:19city for Carnival because of its Escola de Samba.
01:22In addition, we'll be broadcasting from six other countries, including Trinidad and Tobago,
01:27Venezuela, and Uruguay, which all have long Carnival traditions of their own.
01:32So stay tuned for Telesur.
01:34Our Carnival coverage begins next Friday.