Brazil's New Year's Eve celebration is commonly called Réveillon.
In Brazil, Réveillon is especially associated with the huge public celebration on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Millions of people traditionally gather there dressed in white, a color linked with peace and renewal, while fireworks are launched over the Atlantic at midnight.
The word Réveillon comes from French and broadly means a New Year's Eve celebration or feast. In Brazil, the event combines secular festivities with Afro-Brazilian and other cultural traditions, including offerings to Iemanjá in coastal cities. These customs vary by region and community.
Réveillon is not the name of Rio's beach or the fireworks themselves. It is the broader Brazilian New Year's celebration, while Copacabana is its best-known setting.