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| Rei Momo (King Momo) and the Brazilian “mulatas” were at the great ball. |
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| The Embassy of Germany celebrated on February 13th of 2009 a great carnival ball with the presence of hundreds of guests. |
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| Ambassador of the German Embassy, Mr. Friedrich Prot von Kunow (dressed for the great event) and Secretary of Culture of the Distrito Federal, Mr. Sylvestre Gorgulho, also wearing the T-shirt of the “Pacotão” , one of the most famous Carnival bands of Brasília. |
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| Hundreds of guests enjoyed the Brazilian Carnival rhythms. |
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| Ambassador of Germany, Mr. Friedrich Prot von Kunow, seeing here with his wife, Mrs. Alexandra von Kunow and Carnival representatives. |
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| The ambassador of Germany, Mr. Friedrich Prot von Kunow, hosted the carnival event, with the support of the Secretary of Culture of the Distrito Federal, Mr. Sylvestre Gorgulho and Many other authorities of the Government of the Distrito Federal. |
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| Secretary of Culture of the Distrito Federal, Mr. Sylvestre Gorgulho, thanks the Ambassador of Germany for such a great initiative starting the Carnival in Brasília. |
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| Ambassador of Denmark, Mr. Christian Konigsfeldt and Ambassador of The Netherlands, Mr. Onno Hattinga van t Sant. |
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| Ambassador of Germany, Mr. Friedrich Prot von Kunow and the Presidet of THE GUIDE Business Consultancy, Mr. Pedro Paulo Moreira. |
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| Counselor at the Embassy of Germany and President of ASDIBRA – Diplomats Association, Mr. Ottmar Müller, and his wife, Mrs. Angelika Reim-Müller. |
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| Mrs. Mônica Moreira (left) and Ambassador of the Phillipines, Mrs. Teresita Barsana. |
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| The social halls of the Germany Embassy were full with guests, several of them wearing customs and all of them enjoying the extremely entertaining party. Ambassadors of various countries, parliamentarians, diplomats, all gave in to the very cheerful rhythm of the Brazilian carnival. One of the utmost personalities of the Brazilian carnival, carnavalista Joãozinho Trinta, famous all around the country for having greatly contributed on the glamorous parades of schools of samba in the city of Rio de Janeiro, was present at the event and took lots of compliments from most guests. |
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| Mr. Joãozinho Trinta, famous contributor of the Brazilian Carnival. |
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| Mrs. Dulce María Parra Fuentes, Minister at the Embassy of Venezuela, wearing a glamorous custom of a Brazilian Samba School Parade. |
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| Mrs. Tinca Rusei from the Embassy of Romania |
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| Ambassador of Malaysia, Mr. Dato Ismail Bin Mustapha and his wife, Mrs. Datin Zainab Ismail |
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| Mr. Dornelio Vargas, Representative of the Brazilian Government and Miss Jana Chaloupková, first Secretary at the Embassy of Czeck Republic |
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| Mrs. Michelle Kamper and her beautiful daughter, from the Embassy of Germany |
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| All guests of the unforgettable ball had the chance to watch and participate to several presentations of the Brazilian Carnival traditional rhythm and cultural habits. The presentations were focus on rhythms of the traditional drums of the Bahia state, axe-music, including the famous marchinhas of carnival and short verse songs, all presented by the famous Pacotão Block of Brasilia. Traditional characters of the Brazilian carnival parades were also present at the event, such as the “Rei Momo” (King Momo) and the famous brunettes samba dancers, all immensely photographed by all. |
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| “Bloco do Pacotão" commanded the party. |
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| “Rei Momo” (King Momo) and a singer of samba songs. |
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| Ambassador of Germany, Mr. Friedrick Prot von Kunow showed the real Brazilian Carnival spirit. |
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| Ambassador of Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Thac Dinh with the brunettes samba dancers. |
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| Everybody enjoyed the Brazilian Carnival rhythms . |
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| Another great moment of the party was the election of the best custom, where the public chose the best female and male custom. In the male category, the first prize was given to the prisoner and as for the female first prize it went to a little girl with the custom of a fairy. |
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| The election of the best custom was a great moment of the ball. |
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| Little Fairy won the prize! |
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| Secretary of Culture and the Ambassador of Germany thanked by the support to the achievement of that memorable event. |
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| Great customs everywhere! |
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| This was the second edition of the Carnival Ball of the German Embassy, that slowly starts to become a traditional event in the agenda of the Carnival of Brasilia. The ambassador of Germanyy, Mr. Friedrich Prot Von Kunow, was congratulated by all for the wonderful and joyful party that cheered all until the early hours of the dawn. |
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| The Carnival Ball was a great moment of joy. |
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| The great beer of Germany was at the event! |
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| THE GUIDE congratulates the Embassy of Germany for the success of its Carnival Ball! |
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