Brazilian blocos ignore ban on Carnival celebrations.

The Ideal City, attributed to Fra Carnevale, c. 1482. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
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By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BCLapham’s
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