What famous beach hosts Rio de Janeiro's large New Year's Eve celebration, known as Réveillon?

Copacabana Beach hosts Rio de Janeiro's large New Year's Eve celebration, known as Réveillon.

The event fills Copacabana's broad Atlantic shoreline with concert stages, crowds, and fireworks launched from boats offshore. It is one of Brazil's most recognizable New Year's celebrations and attracts residents, visitors, and international media.

Many participants wear white clothing, a custom associated with peace and good fortune. Offerings to Yemanjá, an Afro-Brazilian sea deity, are also part of New Year's traditions for some celebrants, although practices vary among individuals and religious communities.

Copacabana is a neighborhood and beach in Rio's South Zone. Ipanema is another famous Rio beach, but it is not the principal location identified with the city's mass Réveillon celebration. The word Réveillon is widely used in Brazil for the New Year's Eve festivities themselves.