Carnival around the world 2018

1. Dancers from the Caneca Furada troupe perform in the Carnival Parade in Funchal with the theme "Madeira: six centuries of joy" on February 10, 2018, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.

2. Members of the Pena de Pavao de Krishna—a traditional Carnival group that celebrates Indian deities—perform in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on February 11, 2018.

3. The Paraiso do Tuiuti Samba School performs during the first night of Rio's Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 12, 2018.

4. Revelers from the Mocidade Alegre Samba School take part in Carnival at Anhembi Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 11, 2018.

5. A dancer of the Unidos de Vila Maria Samba School performs during the second night of Carnival in Sao Paulo on February 11, 2018.

6. Carnival revelers ride down the Schiltach stream atop their float during the "bach na fahre" (race down the stream) raft contest on Rose Monday in the southwestern Black Forest town of Schramberg, Germany, on February 12, 2018.

7. A mud-covered reveler poses during the traditional "Bloco da Lama" or "Mud Block" carnival party in Paraty, Brazil, on February 10, 2018. Hundreds of revelers wrestled, tackled each other, and threw chunks of gunk Saturday while shaking it to samba and reggaeton at a Carnival beach party where clothes were optional but the mud was not.

8. Revelers kiss during the Bloco da Lama in Paraty, Brazil, on February 10, 2018.

9. Members of the Bloco da Lama group perform on Jabaquara Beach during a Carnival festivity in Paraty, Brazil, on February 10, 2018.

10. A woman lies in the mud during the traditional Bloco da Lama Carnival party in Paraty, Brazil, on February 10, 2018.

11. In Ivrea, Italy, people throw oranges at each other during the traditional "Oranges Battle" of Ivrea Carnival, near Turin, on February 11, 2018. Established in 1808, the Carnival of Ivrea is one of the oldest and most particular festivals in the world. It is the Battle of the Oranges that evokes the civil war that broke out between the people of Ivrea and the Royal Napoleonic Troops. The battle is made up of squads of aranceri (or orange throwers on foot, representing the people) and those defending their piazzas from the oranges (which represent arrows) on carts (representing the Napoleonic troops).

12. Members of rival teams fight with oranges during an annual Carnival battle in the northern Italian town of Ivrea, Italy, on February 11, 2018.

13. A "Federhannes" Carnival character jumps in the streets of Rottweil, southern Germany, during the "Narrensprung" (Jump of the Fools) Carnival parade on Rose Monday on February 12, 2018.

14. reveler dressed as an infant with a white dress stands in a street during "El Gallo de Carnaval" (The Carnival Rooster) of Mecerreyes on February 11, 2018, in Mecerreyes, Burgos province, Spain. The Gallo de Carnaval of Mecerreyes is an ancient pagan festival. During the "Carnavaladas y Zarramacadas," characters take the streets with dressed with ropes, bones, skins, scraps of cloth, oak leaves, and other rural items. At the end of the festival the Zarramacos chase young revelers who try to steal a rag rooster from "El Rey" (The King).

15. A reveler dressed with twigs hits people with a brush during El Gallo de Carnaval of Mecerreyes on February 11, 2018, in Mecerreyes, Spain.

16. A group of participants called ''Txatxus'' take part in an ancient rural Carnival in the small Pyrenees village of Lantz, northern Spain, on February 11, 2018. The Carnival is a long-standing rural tradition in which the forces of good and evil confront each other in a symbolic battle. From Sunday to Tuesday, during Carnival week, in the little village of Lantz the legendarily evil bandit Miel Otxin, represented by a doll filled with straw, is imprisoned and sentenced to death by fire.

17. Dancers celebrate during the street Carnival at the school and parade "Schuul en Veedelzuch" on February 11, 2018 in Cologne, Germany.

18. A reveler performs on the first day of the 2018 National Carnival Parade on February 11, 2018, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The name of the Carnival for this year in Haitian creole is "Ayiti sou wout chanjman" (Haiti on the road to change).

19. A fire-swallower performs during the 2018 National Carnival Parade on February 11, 2018, in Port-au-Prince.

20. Performers march through the streets of Port-au-Prince during the first day of Carnival on February 11, 2018, in Haiti.

21. A dancer performs as she parades along a street at the National Carnival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on February 11, 2018.

22. In Oruro, Bolivia, members of the Diablada Urus group perform during the Carnival parade on February 10, 2018.

23. Dancers perform the traditional Diablada, or Dance of the Devils, during the Carnival in Oruro, Bolivia, on February 10, 2018.

24. Dancers perform the traditional Diablada in Oruro, Bolivia, on February 10, 2018. Thousands of colorfully dressed dancers and musicians kick off Carnival celebrations in the Bolivian city of Oruro.

25. Dancers perform during the second day of the Bissau Carnival on February 11, 2018 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. The 2018 edition of the Bissau Carnival, celebrating diversity and nature, is held from February 10 to 13.

26. A nominee for queen performs during the main stage of the Carnival of Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife, on February 7, 2018.

27. A child wearing a carnival costume looks up at a man wearing a costume in St. Mark's Square on February 10, 2018, in Venice, Italy. The theme for the 2018 edition of Venice Carnival is 'Playing,' and it runs from January 27 to February 13.

28. Musicians and children perform at Palazzo Pisani Moretta during the annual Ballo del Doge in Venice, Italy, on February 10, 2018. The Ballo del Doge, created by fashion and costume designer Antonia Sautter, is considered the most elegant and exclusive masquerade ball during the Venice Carnival.

29. Dancers perform at Palazzo Pisani Moretta during the annual Ballo del Doge in Venice, Italy, on February 10, 2018.

30. Members of the "Bloco Ultima Hora" group ride atop boats during the Carnival of the Waters, where costumed and colorful boats navigate the river Tentem around the islands near the city of Cameta, Brazil, on February 10, 2018.

31. A reveler dances during the Terreirada Cearense street Carnival party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 10, 2018.

32. A member of the "Pena de Pavao de Krishna"—a traditional Carnival group that celebrates Indian deities—performs in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on February 11, 2018.

33. Dancers from the Independente Samba School perform during a Carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 9, 2018.

34. Revelers of the Independente Tricolor Samba School perform during the first night of Carnival in Sao Paulo, at the city's Sambadrome, on February 9, 2018.

35. A dancer from Mocidade Samba School performs with electricity during the first night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro on February 12, 2018.

36. Revelers of the Independente Tricolor Samba School dance in Sao Paulo, at the city's Sambadrome, on February 9, 2018.

37. A performer from the Independente Samba School takes part in a Carnival at Anhembi Sambadrome in Sao Paulo on February 9, 2018.

38. A photograph taken during the parade of the Mangueira Samba School during the first night of Rio's Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, on February 12, 2018.

39. A reveler wearing a sheep's wool costume with horns and a mask stands in front of a bonfire in Mohacs, Hungary, during the traditional Carnival parade of the town on February 11, 2018. The Carnival parade of people dressed in similar costumes and frightening wooden masks, using various noisy wooden rattlers is traditionally held on the seventh weekend before Easter to drive away winter, and is a revival of a legend, which says the ethnic Croats crossed the river to ambush the Osmanli Turkish troops, who escaped in panic seeing the terrifying figures during the Turkish occupation of Hungary.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/02/photos-of-carnival-2018-around-the-world/553055/