New Year In Rio de Janeiro

Spend a breathtaking New Year’s Eve in Rio de Janeiro, is one of the biggest events of the year, celebrations seem to grow each year and are fast becoming one of the major parties in the world, it is estimated about 3 million people head to Copacabana Beach to welcome in the New Year, watching the firework on midnight, the sky bursts alight with an incredible fireworks display and partying often continues right through the night, the celebrations have religious overtones, Yemaja - Goddess of the Sea, is an orisha, originally of the African religion), many dress in white, and throw flowers and other offerings into the sea for the goddess in the hopes that she will grant them their requests for the coming year.

When:
31 Dec 2008 (annual)
Where:
Copacabana Beach