The main Carnival parades will not start until February 13, but the party has already started in Rio, Deborah Lutterbeck reports

Carnival may be weeks away but in Rio de Janeiro the party has already started.

Thousands of revelers wearing all types of costumes flock to the annual block party known featuring Banda de Ipanema.

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