Revelers of the Pals of the Jaguar boulevard celebration rejoice Carnival on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photograph/David Biller)
Revelers of the Pals of the Jaguar boulevard celebration rejoice Carnival on Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photograph/David Biller)Learn Extra
One in all Saturday’s standard early-morning boulevard events is Pals of the Jaguar, on a seaside having a look around the water at Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain. Hundreds of revelers are right here, all decked out in leopard- and jaguar-print clothes.Marina Caetano, 39, has handiest ignored Pals of the Jaguar as soon as up to now 11 years, as a result of she used to be hospitalized — and nonetheless she dreamed of checking herself out.“It’s marvelous. The most efficient boulevard celebration. The power, the folk, the track,” Caetano mentioned. “I’ve love for this celebration.”The celebration includes a band of saxophones, trombones and drums trailed via a truckload of audio system to unfold their sound all over the place. And the choreographed dancers, “the jaguarettes,” move slowly about and paw playfully like massive tom cats, with elaborate makeup to compare.“It’s an area that permits us to precise a large number of artistry,” mentioned dancer Dandara Abreu, 36. “It permits our freedom of expression.”