Article Preview
AP Photo
Rio Carnival goes to dogs
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The crowd at the Blocao Carnival street party Sunday was a decidedly mixed one. Roughly half the revelers were humans, the other half dogs, though the canine contingent was unquestionably the better dressed of the two.
Several hundred revelers of both species turned out for the 11th edition of the Blocao, the most animal friendly of the nearly 500 "blocos,'' or raucous, heavy-drinking street parties that stop traffic during Rio de Janeiro's Carnival festivities.
Article Preview
This is a great article available only to our subscribers.
Rio Carnival goes to dogs
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The crowd at the Blocao Carnival street party Sunday was a decidedly mixed one. Roughly half the revelers were humans, the other half dogs, though the canine contingent was unquestionably the better dressed of the two.
Several hundred revelers of both species turned out for the 11th edition of the Blocao, the most animal friendly of the nearly 500 "blocos,'' or raucous, heavy-drinking street parties that stop traffic during Rio de Janeiro's Carnival festivities.
Already a subscriber?
Home delivery subscribers get FREE digital access to wvgazette.com and the Charleston Gazette smartphone and tablet apps.
Get Connected