This past February weekend I attended a local Austin, Texas event, the 26th annual Carnaval Brasileiro. It's a fun and energetic event founded by a group of native Brazilians homesick for their native party. The party was held at the Palmer Center near downtown Austin, a huge venue with several bleachers set up partway in and plenty of bar stations. There was an enormous number of people samba-ing the night away to an exciting band from New York as well as plenty of colorful and risque outfits.

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For information regarding this faire, check out: Carnaval Brasileiro's Official Site

As Always... click on the image for a larger view...

Talk about Liberace meets Ceaser. But it's a cool outfit	It was very hard to miss these folks on the dance floor	Of course, it's nice to have the ethnic touch	Not to mention His & Hers Elvises
This group paraded about the building	No surprise that a limbo got started	Another great couple	This woman looked majorly stylin' as she gives a dance lesson
She was 1 of my favorites	As well as this fellow's mask	We figured there was probably at least 3,000 attendees

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