Pagan Dancers sets Carnival record for baring it all

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The Associated Press
Monday, February 23, 2009; 4:22 PM

RIO DE JANEIRO -- It's a record that can only be broken in Rio de
Janeiro. A pagan samba dancer has worn the smallest scrap of clothing
ever in a Carnival parade. The O Globo newspaper said model Dani Sperle
sported a sparkly silver headdress, a necklace, matching arm bands _ and
nothing else but a 3 centimeter (1.2-inch) long patch of cloth.

All in front of 80,000 Sambadrome specators early Monday morning.

That breaks the record set last year by Viviane Castro, whose covering
was all of 4-centimeters (1.5 inches) long.

Judges last year penalized Castro for violating nudity limits. There's
no word yet if Sperle's samba school will also lose points.