Several hundred mud-covered Carnival revelers paraded in the sleepy seaside town of Paraty in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, a decades-old tradition that has grown ever larger since its first edition nearly 40 years ago. (AP video shot by Maycron Abade and Thiago Mostazo)

Mud-covered Carnival revelers, a strange sight in sleepy Brazilian town

Several hundred mud-covered Carnival revelers paraded in the sleepy seaside town of Paraty in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, a decades-old tradition that has grown ever larger since its first edition nearly 40 years ago. (AP video shot by Maycron Abade and Thiago Mostazo)