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New Year in Rio, Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Start: Dec 31 2009 - 12:00

End: Dec 31 2009 - 12:59

Timezone: Etc/GMT

It's well known that Brazilians know how to party and New Year's Eve in Rio, or Reveillon, is one of the biggest events of the year. The main party along Copacabana beach hosts several music stages, fireworks and dancing.

The parties on Copacabana Beach are enormous. During the day hundreds of people come to the seafront to pay homage to the Afro-Brazilian orixá, or goddess, Iemanjá, placing offerings in the sea. Music is played throughout the day, but it really kicks off around 7pm when live acts and DJs start up the sound systems on the official stages.

Three stages are set up over a 4km stretch: there is a Brazilian popular music stage playing sambas, pagodes and choros, a rock stage and another playing older music such as boleros, samba-canção and old carnival songs. At midnight a spectacular firework display blasts out the old year and toasts the new one. This is only the beginning, however, as people dance into the night.

Email: riotur.riotur@pcrj.rj.gov.br

*Event details can change. Please check with the organisers that the event is happening before making travel arrangements.

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Latitude: -22.806330
Longitude: -43.287201
Address: Copacabana Beach
City: 25010 Duque de Caxias
State: Brazil
Country: BR

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