A man prepares a float at the Mangueria samba school in Rio ...
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A man prepares a float at the Mangueria samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. Carnival is a big business in Rio de Janeiro's slums, where seamstresses work around the clock to produce thousands of costumes and artisans build the enormous over the top floats.

(AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)

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