Zomer Carnaval - Friday Night

Friday evening and saturday morning I attended some of the events for the Rotterdam Summer Carnival. Friday night was a battle of the bands. Four drum and brass bands marched down a closed off street through the crowd where they then performed on stage one at a time. It was some really spectacular music. After the battle, judges chose a winner who got a prize of 3000 euros. Finally, a band from Colombia closed out the night with some great latin music. Here are some photos:
Brazilian girls!

The first band. They all had such colourful outfits.
Another one of the bands.