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Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ìCarnival...
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  • A damaged carnival statue of a mermaid abandoned on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A discarded carnival statue of a devil thrown into a pile in the Samba school warehouse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A Brazilian man watches discarded carnival statues abandoned on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A damaged carnival sculpture of a bird abandoned on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 13 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A dismantled and damaged carnival float abandoned on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A discarded carnival sculpture abandoned on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 13 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A Brazilian man rests on a damaged carnival sculpture outside the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • Arms and legs of the carnival statues thrown into a pile in the Samba school warehouse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A discarded carnival sculpture of a royal crown thrown into a pile in the Samba school warehouse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 13 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A Brazilian woman walks among the discarded carnival statues on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A dismantled carnival float abandoned on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A dismantled and damaged carnival float abandoned on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A dismantled carnival float with damaged statues abandoned on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A damaged carnival statue of a horse abandoned in the Samba school warehouse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A dismantled and damaged carnival float abandoned on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.

  • A damaged feather costume thrown on the work yard behind the Samba school workshops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 February 2012. Most of the large carnival floats, colorful designs and fancy costumes are dismantled, cut into pieces or simply thrown into garbage right after the last day of the Carnival. The low-tech materials as fiberglass, plastic or polystyrene, which most of the of the carnival floats and statues are made of, are stocked in the warehouses to be recycled and used in the future parades. However, there is no use for some of the statues so they slowly fall apart into pieces forming a ?Carnival cemetery? in the industrial yards around the port of Rio de Janeiro.