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For the festival's first full-on version since Covid-19 and Brazil's divisive elections, Rio de Janeiro's legendary carnival parades returned this weekend in a whistle of glitter, sequins, and samba. In the massive avenue-turned-stadium known as the 'Sambadrome,' Rio's top samba schools kicked off the annual parade tournament. It has been attending the parade since the 1980s, and has served as a symbol of Brazil's Carnival festivities. The city's top 12 samba schools compete for the honor of parade champions with dazzling floats, thundering bands, and thousands of singers, drummers, and dancers are competing for the title of parade champions with dazzling floats, thundering bands, and thousands of dancers, drummers, and dancers in unveiling, jewel-encrusted, feather-covered costumes.