Brazilian bikini carnaval dansers

Dancers showed off their vibrant costumes in a dramatic show of sequins, feathers and face paint on the day two of the five-day carnival in Brazil on Saturday. Dressed in intricate ensembles with matching headpieces, coordinating killer heels and outlandish hair and make-up to match, the carnival queens took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to take part in the festivities. Alongside members of multiple parades representing different parts of the annual extravaganza, men and women could be seen partaking in an array of fascinating dances and performances. Hundreds of thousands of revelers descended on the city to witness the famous festival, which marks the start of lent.

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Wearing only body paint, sequins and smiles gorgeous dancers unveil to perform at the wild Rio de Janeiro street carnival in Brazil. The beautiful Samba dancers entertained crowds at the Banda da Rua do Mercado festival - one of the famous Brazilian carnival's street parties. Locals and tourists flock to the free street parties to see the parade floats, professional dancing and glittery costumes - or the lack of them. With more than 50, visitors this year the dancers kept locals and tourists entertained into the early hours.

By Alex Green For Mailonline. Carnival dancers in Rio de Janeiro dazzled as they danced through streets, baring flesh and dripping in gold as the most raucous festival on earth entered its fourth day. This year women's groups have been using carnival to push back against sexual harassment. Several block parties have feminist themes, many women are wearing temporary tattoos and stickers with messages like 'No means no' and authorities have launched campaigns to encourage women to report harassment to police. But that's not to say that revellers' famously skimpy wear has got any more conservative.