http://www.brazilcarnival.com.br/videos Brazilian Carnival Glossary: "Destaques" or "highlights" is the term that describes important characters in Brazil carnival parades who may parade on the floor, or at those monumental floats.

On this video, we see two "destaques" from União da Ilha Samba School, on the official rehearsal in 2012. At the official parade, both ladies filmed, where placed on top of a float, in the beginning o Uniao da Ilha´s , parade 2012: Graziele and then Priscila.

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