The midnight celebration held on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach is called Réveillon.
In Brazil, Réveillon refers to New Year's Eve festivities, especially the huge public celebration on Copacabana Beach. The event typically combines live music, fireworks over the Atlantic, beach gatherings, and traditions associated with good fortune for the coming year.
Many attendees wear white, a custom widely associated with peace and renewal. Some people also make offerings or ritual gestures connected with Afro-Brazilian religious traditions, including honoring Iemanjá, the orisha associated with the sea in Candomblé and Umbanda contexts.
The French-derived word réveillon is also used in other Portuguese-speaking places and in France for a festive evening meal or celebration. In Rio, however, the term most strongly evokes the enormous public New Year's event at Copacabana.