Brazil's Carnival erupts, but in some cities the samba is silent

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Brazil's Carnival erupts, but in some cities the samba is silent

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Carnival celebrations cut loose on Friday, but the parades, block parties and overall festivities began under the pall of a recent nightclub fire that killed 238 people in the southern city of Santa Maria. Even as the mayor of Rio de Janeiro handed over the keys of the city to King Momo, the ceremonial figurehead of Brazil's best-known Carnival celebrations, the mourning continued. President Dilma Rousseff attended a mass in honor of the fire victims at the cathedral in Brasilia, the capital, on Thursday night. ...

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