Members of the “Afilarmonica Nifu-Nifa” carnival group wait outside their headquarters before they take part in the opening parade of the Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain, February 28. “Afilarmonica Nifu-Nifa” received its name in 1961 and is the oldest carnival group of the city. (Photo by Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
A reveler dressed as a bride holds giant wedding rings at the Boitata block party, a pre-Carnival celebration in Rio de Janeiro, February 23, 2014. (Photo by Leo Correa/Associated Press)
Mud-covered revelers attend the “Bloco da Lama” or “mud street party” in Paraty, Brazil. Costumes are the name of the game at most of Rio de Janeiro's nearly 500 raucous Carnival street parties, with revelers dressed up as everything from devils to firefighters to s*xy angels. But at the “Bloco da Lama” street celebration in the coastal resort town of Paraty, swamp monster is the acceptable disguise. (Photo by Nelson Antoine/Associated Press)
People wearing fancy dresses stand on a road to participate in the Carnival celebration in Luzon. (Photo by Andres Kudacki/Associated Press)
A man, covered in oil and soot carrying bull horns on his head and cowbells on a belt representing the devil, runs around during a traditional Carnival celebration in the small village of Luzon, Spain, March 1, 2014. (Photo by Andres Kudacki/Associated Press)
Revelers participate in the traditional 28th Bloco da Lama (Mud block) carnival in on March 1, 2014 Parati, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The event, which was begun by two men in a playful manner in 1986, has now become a traditional carnival in which participants disguised as primitives with rags, lianas or skulls and bones, dive in the mud. (Photo by Victor Moriyama/Getty Images)
A couple in costume kiss during the Boitata block party, a pre-Carnival celebration in Rio de Janeiro, February 23, 2014. (Photo by Leo Correa/Associated Press)
A member of “Los Cariocas” troupe performs in the troupes dancing contest during the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival on March 1, 2014 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
A member of 'Los Joroperos' performs in the troupes dancing contest during the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival on March 1, 2014 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
A member of “Bahia Bahitiare” troupe performs in the troupes dancing contest during the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival on March 1, 2014 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain. The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife brings thousands of revellers every year. Santa Cruz is the closest European equivalent to the Brazilian Carnival from Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
Members of “Los Rumberos” troupe perform in the troupes dancing contest during the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival on March 1, 2014 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
A member of 'Los Brasileiros' walks before performing in the troupes dancing contest during the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival on March 1, 2014 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Canary island of Tenerife, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
Men dressed in a traditional carnival costume walk from house to house during the traditional folklore carnival parade on March 1, 2014 in Vortova, Czech Republic. Masked revellers walk with a musical band through the village house by house to celebrate the departing winter, forthcoming spring and start of forty-day Lent. This old folk tradition of the carnival parade of masks was registered in the UNESCO List of the Intagible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010. (Photo by Matej Divizna/Getty Images)
People dressed in historic baroque costumes and masks attend the Crystal Ball during a traditional Carnevale Praga 2014 festival as part of Prague carnival season at the Clam-Gallas Palace on March 1, 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic. The project of Carnevale Praga continues in the old Bohemian traditions of epic festivities and offers a variety of events including balls, parades and children's activities. (Photo by Matej Divizna/Getty Images)
Members of Mocidade Samba School dance during their parade at 2014 Brazilian Carnival at Sapucai Sambadrome on March 03, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
“Mainzer Schwellkoepf” figures reacts at the Monday carnival parade on March 3, 2014 in Mainz, Germany. Rose Monday is the highpoint of the annual carnival season in the region between Mainz, Cologne and Dusseldorf, where the carnival has been an annual tradition since 1823 and celebrates free-spirited merrymaking before the beginning of Lent. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)
Queen of Percussion Mariana Rios and members of Mocidade Samba School during its parade at 2014 Brazilian Carnival at Sapucai Sambadrome on March 03, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
Members of Uniao da Ilha samba school perform during its parade at 2014 Brazilian Carnival at Sapucai Sambadrome on March 03, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
Sabrina Sato, Queen of Percussion of Vila Isabel samba school, performs during its parade at 2014 Brazilian Carnival at Sapucai Sambadrome on March 03, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
A member of Vila Isabel samba school performs during its parade at 2014 Brazilian Carnival at Sapucai Sambadrome on March 03, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
Cris Vianna, Queen of Percussion of Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school, performs during its parade at 2014 Brazilian Carnival at Sapucai Sambadrome on March 03, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
Spectators cheers during the Monday carnival parade on March 3, 2014 in Mainz, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)
A reveller walks the street during Los Indianos carnival on March 3, 2014 in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain. The origin of the “Dia de los Indianos” (Day of the Indians) carnival is rooted in the emigration of people from the Canary Islands to Latin American countries, in particular Cuba, and their subsequent boastful return after discovering wealth across the ocean. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
Revellers kiss during Los Indianos carnival on March 3, 2014 in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
People throw talcum powder as they take part in the carnival of “Los Indianos” (the Indians) in Santa Cruz de la Palma, on the Spanish Canary island of Las Palma on March 3, 2014. (Photo by Desiree Martin/AFP Photo)
A reveller poses for a picture during Los Indianos carnival on March 3, 2014 in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
People throw talcum powder as they take part in the carnival of “Los Indianos” (the Indians) in Santa Cruz de la Palma, on the Spanish Canary island of Las Palma on March 3, 2014. (Photo by Desiree Martin/AFP Photo)
A costumed reveler takes part in an annual Carnival in Athens, Greece, February 23, 2014. (Photo by Kostas Tsironis/Associated Press)
Members of Unidos da Tijuca Samba School during their parade at 2014 Brazilian Carnival at Sapucai Sambadrome on March 03, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio's two nights of Carnival parades began on March 2 in a burst of fireworks and to the cheers of thousands of tourists and locals who have previously enjoyed street celebrations (known as “blocos de rua”) all around the city. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
A reveler of the Aguia de Ouro samba school performs during the second night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 2, 2014. (Photo by Miguel Schincariol/AFP Photo)
A reveler of the Academicos do Tatuape samba school performs during the second night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 2, 2014. (Photo by Nelson Almeida/AFP Photo)
Revelers of the Academicos do Tatuape samba school perform during the second night of carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 2, 2014. (Photo by Nelson Almeida/AFP Photo)
Costumed carnival goers walk during the traditional Rose Monday parade in Duesseldorf, western Germany on March 3, 2014. Carnival goers mainly in the Rhine region traditionally celebrate the highlight procession on Rosenmontag (Rose Monday). (Photo by Patrik Stollarz/AFP Photo)
Dancers parade in the street during the carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife on March 1, 2014. The over month long event began on January 31 and finishes on March 8 with orchestras playing Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms throughout the festivities that range from elections for the Carnival Queen, the Junior Queen and the Senior Queen, childrens and adult murgas (satirical street bands), comparsas (dance groups) to performances on the streets. (Photo by Desiree Martin/AFP Photo)
Mask-wearing revelers make their way to the Carnival parade in Barcelos, northern Portugal, Sunday, March 2, 2014. Giant puppets and big heads, “Cabecudos” and “Gigantones” in Portuguese, are basic ingredients of northern pilgrimages, made with a wire frame and wood, coated paper and cloth, covered with plaster and glue and paint. (Photo by Paulo Duarte/AP Photo)
Performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Brazil's Carnival is maintaining its frenetic pace, with hundreds of roving parties taking over Rio de Janeiro's streets and famed samba school parades heading into their final night. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)
A performer from the Vila Isabel samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)
Drum Queen Sabrina Sato from the Vila Isabel samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)
A performer from the Vila Isabel samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)
A woman smiles behind her mask when tens of thousands revelers dressed in carnival costumes celebrate the start of the street-carnival on the so called “Old Women's Day” in the party capital Cologne, Germany, Thursday, February 27, 2014. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)
Carnival revellers of the Elzach Schuttig carnival guild parade through the streets during the traditional Schuttig jump in Elzach, Germany, 02 March 2014. The Schuttig is the traditional carnival figure of Elzach. He wears a shaggy red suit and a big straw hat with snail shells attached to it. (Photo by Patrick Seeger/EPA)
Costumed revellers walk in the streets of Lucerne during the annual carnival parade on Rose Monday March 3, 2014. (Photo by Sigi Tischler/AP Photo/Keystone)
Costumed revelers walk in the streets of Lucerne during the annual Carnival parade on Rose Monday, March 3, 2014. (Photo by Sigi Tischler/Keystone)
Strange characters with fantastic masks and costumes parade along the narrow streets while groups of carnival musicians blow their instruments in joyful cacophony and thousands of bizarrely clad people dance away the spirits of winter. (Photo by Sigi Tischler/Keystone)
A carnival participant in costume poses in the historic center of Lucerne. (Photo by Sigi Tischler/Keystone)
The wearing of masks in Lucerne is a tradition that goes back centuries. The town's Society of Mask Devotees came into being over 180 years ago with the aim of preserving and promoting the custom. (Photo by Sigi Tischler/Keystone)
A participant wears a scary mask as he arrives to take part in a procession through the historic centre of Lucerne. (Photo by Sigi Tischler/Keystone)
Carnival participants wearing grotesque costumes arrive to take part in a procession through the historic centre of Lucerne. (Photo by Sigi Tischler/Keystone)
A participant pushes a pram with dolls as he walks on the streets of Lucerne. (Photo by Sigi Tischler/Keystone)
A couple of participants stands on the street of Lucerne during the carnival procession. (Photo by Sigi Tischler/Keystone)
Participants dressed as prostitutes wander the streets of Lucerne. (Photo by Sigi Tischler/Keystone)
Masked revelers parade through the streets during the start of the carnival season in Lucerne. (Photo by Urs Flueeler/EPA)
Participants wear weird masks during the parade in Lucerne. (Photo by Urs Flueeler/EPA)
Masks are very often hand crafted especially for the themed parade. (Photo by Urs Flueeler/EPA)
Masks are laid out prior to the great parade through the streets of the city during the start of the carnival season in Lucerne. (Photo by Urs Flueeler/EPA)
Two women dressed in Carnival Costumes pose in Saint Mark's Square on February 25, 2014 in Venice, Italy. The 2014 Carnival of Venice will run from February 15 to March 4 and includes a program of gala dinners, parades, dances, masked balls and music events. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)
The Carnival of Venice includes a program of gala dinners, parades, dances, masked balls and music events. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)
A woman dressed in Carnival Costume poses at the Doge Palace in Venice. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)
During the Carnival Venice, the most magical of cities fills with a mass of masked participants posing and preening, dancing and philandering, in a slightly surreal re-invention of a great tradition of the city. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)
The Carnival of Venice costumes are famous all over the world and include ornate gowns and flowing cloaks, as well as many different masks that can be purchased from temporary stalls or from celebrated artisans who still make them by hand. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)
St Mark’s Square is the centre of Carnival activities, and that’s where the most extraordinary costumes can be spotted. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)
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