Asked in Brazil
Brazil
How many people go to Rio de Janeiro to see the four day carnival every year?
Answer
Wiki User
March 04, 2011 12:54PM
100,000,000
that means 100 million
(this seems like a gross overestimate. half of the population of Brazil goes to carnival in Rio? I have actually gone. It is crowded but not that much. Maybe this estimate is recounting people for each day. Officially Carnival is only 4 days but in practice there are events spread over 2 weeks.)
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