Rio's storied shores at Copacabana Beach are transformed into a sea of white on New Year's Eve, as more than two million revelers, draped in all-white garb, descend upon the beach for Reveillon, a uniquely Brazilian celebration infused with religious, traditional, and superstitious beliefs. Fireworks and live music (including samba, naturally, and major headliners like will.i.am for 2014) set the mood, as participants make new year offerings (via little rafts sent out to sea) to Lemanjá, the goddess of the sea.
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