It's all about samba: World famous Carnival kicks off in Rio de Janeiro

It's all about samba: World famous Carnival kicks off in Rio de Janeiro
Thousands of people took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro, on Friday, as Brazil officially kicked off Carnival celebrations across the country. Revellers danced in the streets of Santa Teresa, staging parades, singing and dancing to samba music, and showing off their costumes. COURTESY: RT's RUPTLY video agency, NO RE-UPLOAD, NO REUSE - FOR LICENSING, PLEASE, CONTACT http://ruptly.tv RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://ift.tt/owj9OZ Follow us on Telegram https://t.me/rtintl Follow us on VK http://ift.tt/2yr9Rau Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://ift.tt/SlZ8ne Listen to us on Soundcloud: http://ift.tt/1EZNJiG RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.