Some of the information you read in the BBC article about Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is repeated in the video you can find on the same page. This may actually help you understand what is being said by the TV reporter, as it is redundant information. Here's a list of information you can find in the article. Check which of them were also mentioned in the video and whether it is exactly the same or slightly different.

1. - The Sambadrome is in the centre of the city. 
2. - Communities from the poorest parts of Rio de Janeiro have worked for 12 months preparing for the carnival.
3. - The samba dance schools are almost all based in the city's favelas or shanty towns.
4. - The celebration took 700,000 visitors to Rio de Janeiro from around Brazil and from across the world.
5. - Each samba school picks a social or historical theme which is reflected in their costumes, floats and music. 
6. - Topics this year included the arrival of the Portuguese royal family in Brazil and 100 years of Japanese immigration.
7. - Viradouro, one samba school, wanted to use a float to portray the naked bodies of holocaust victims.
8. - They intended to send a message to the world that this should never happen again. 
9. - Jewish leaders took the issue to court and the float was banned. 
10. - Viradouro used the float to display people wearing scarves around their mouths and carry a banner protesting against the prohibition and demanding freedom of speech.
11. - A spokesman for the school said they had never intended to use other people's suffering to promote themselves.
12. - The mood in Rio de Janeiro was overwhelmingly one of celebration.
13. - The party would continue on Monday with six other samba schools parading.

Now watch the news on BBC television and mark which of the points above were also mentioned by the reporter.

Which words in the original text would mean...

1. fantasias?

2. carro alegórico?

3. escola de samba?

4. Sambódromo?

5. favelas?

6. desfile?