Carneval in Rio de Janeiro: Beija-Flor de Nilópolis

Beija-Flor parades ‘worth seeing again’ reminding her 70 years of carnival

 

Selminha Sorriso – Beija-Flor’s flag-bearer

President of Beija-Flor, Anísio kisses the hand of  Selminha Sorriso

 

 

 

 

Raíssa Oliveira, Queen of the Beija-Flor, and Sonia Capeta, Queen sovereign

 

 

 

 

 

Beija-Flor’s Bromeliads dancers

 

 

Isabella Santoni dancing at the Sapucaí

Sávia David – Lady with bromeliads