[Pirenopolis, Brazil; May 23. Image via AP]
A girl attends the “Cavalhadas” festival in Pirenopolis, central Brazil, Sunday, May 23, 2010. The traditional festival of masked horsemen was introduced in the country in 1826 by a Portuguese priest to celebrate the “Holy Spirit” and to commemorate the medieval victory of Iberian Christian knights over the Moors. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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