Men and boys crossing the Pixaim River on horseback during the fall festival, Pantanal Brazil

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Every year in the fall in the Pantanal they have a festival called Cavalgada do Cavalo Pantaneiro (Cavalcade of Pantanal Horses) where ~150 horses and riders party and whoop it up and ride from fazenda to fazenda across the Pixaim River. It is a ribald occasion with lots of drinking, selfies and hilarity as people fall off their horses into the river. This is the start of the river crossing.

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Size: 5000px × 3333px
Location: Pixaim River, Fazenda Saint Tereza, Mato Grosso State, Pantanal, Brazil
Photo credit: © Terry Allen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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