RIO DE JANEIRO
(Reuters) - Actors posing as Portugal's royal family joined the fictional King Momo at the start of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebrations on Tuesday to mark 200 years since the court's arrival in Brazil. Various samba groups have chosen as their parade theme the 1808 event that briefly made Rio the capital of the Portuguese empire. The royals had fled from Napoleon's advancing armies. Carnival King Momo in red and golden robes and his samba-dancing entourage crossed the city in three antique carriages escorted by 19th-century guards on horseback.
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(Reuters) - Actors posing as Portugal's royal family joined the fictional King Momo at the start of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebrations on Tuesday to mark 200 years since the court's arrival in Brazil. Various samba groups have chosen as their parade theme the 1808 event that briefly made Rio the capital of the Portuguese empire. The royals had fled from Napoleon's advancing armies. Carnival King Momo in red and golden robes and his samba-dancing entourage crossed the city in three antique carriages escorted by 19th-century guards on horseback.
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