GLOBALPOST/ Seth Kugel / OPINION/ "I’d never been so repeatedly overwhelmed by the stench of urine. And I’d certainly never seen anyone shot dead at point-blank range. That all changed when last month, despite all my instincts as a part-time travel writer, I spent Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro."
Kugel summarizes his report with ..."And I’ve got to say: cursing, retching and watching people die notwithstanding, you should definitely check it out. It was a five-day mix of what Brazilians might describe as bombacao (partying madness) and bagunca (a chaotic mess). But the bombacao beat out the bagunca by a hair."
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