A selection of photos that were taken in the city of Paraty, picturing people playing with mud, hundreds of people wrestle, coat each other in mud and throw it around to the sound of samba and reggaeton.

From the party takes places at the Jabaquara beach in Paraty to a tiara party, all these photos will give you the information you need about the Paraty mud carnival in Brazil.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!

The party takes places at the Jabaquara beach in Paraty
Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters

Children coat a horse in mud
Photograph: Leo Correa/AP

The carnival has been going since the late 1980s
Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

It’s thirsty work
Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

Applying the mud
Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

A dog gets into the spirit
Photograph: Leo Correa/AP

And so do the festivalgoers
Photograph: Leo Correa/AP

A muddy kiss
Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

The mud carnival takes place on the same weekend as the Rio carnival
Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

Children jump into the mud
Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters

A festivalgoer has ‘Out Temer’ written on his back in reference to Brazil’s president
Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters

A tiara party
Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images