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Fat Tuesday revelry from around the world
Posted by Kevin Fujii
JOHN DAVID MERCER / PRESS-REGISTER
Revelers with the Mystic Stripers toss beads and trinkets to the crowds gathered on Royal Street in Mobile, Ala., on Thursday, March. 3, 2011. The pre-Lenten blowout continues along the Gulf Coast culminating in Fat Tuesday celebrations March 8th.
LUIGI COSTANTINI / AP
Masked performers entertain visitors in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, Sunday Feb. 27, 2011. The week-long carnival festivities in the historical lagoon city attracts people from around the world.
MARTIN MEISSNER / AP
A carnival float with a political theme shows German chancellor Angela Merkel as Pippi Longstocking with the European bull on her shoulders during the traditional Rosemonday carnival parade in Cologne, Germany, Monday, March 7, 2011. The Rosemonday parade in Cologne, visited by one million spectators, is one of the highlights of the street carnival season.
FELIPE DANA / AP
Mocidade Independente samba school dancers perform while parading through the Sambadrome during carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, onTuesday March 8, 2011.