In Photos: Rio Carnival at the Sambadrome

Drum queen Raissa de Oliveira – from Beija-Flor samba school – is currently the longest-serving Rainha de Bateria

Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters

 

Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome

Photograph: Léo Corrêa/AP

 

Members of Viradouro samba school during their parade

Photograph: Buda Mendes/Getty Images