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A
huge Christmas tree is built in the middle of the Rodrigo de
Freitas Lagoon every year since 1996. The tree, considered the
largest floating Christmas decoration in the world, measures
82 meters (approximately the same height of a twenty-seven-floor
building) and it weighs 458 tons and is composed of 2,8 million
micro lamps. It has become a tradition among the "cariocas",
as the citizens from Rio de Janeiro are called.
To celebrate
the tenth anniversary of the tree in 2005, there will be big
water jets next to the tree every half hour during the night.
The tree is lit every night from its inauguration to January
6th. |
Cariocas
and tourists gathered to see the inauguration of the tree on
a hot summer night.
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The tree
was inaugurated on November 26, 2005 and will be lit every night
from 8pm to 2am (3am in the weekends) until January 6th 2006. |
The Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon seen from
the top of the Corcovado in November 2005. The tree is standing
there for the final touches, almost ready for its inauguration
on November 26.
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Here
is a picutre of the tree in the lagoon after its inauguration
in 2004, seen from the top of the Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro.
I took this picture when I went to there with my son Nicholas
and my friends Lu (farfalles.com) and Iara (baersgarten.com) on December, 4 2004. |
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The tree
along the years. |
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Christmas
2006 |
Christmas
2006 |
Christmas
2005 |
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Christmas
2004 |
Christmas
2003 |
Christmas
2002 |
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Christmas
2001 |
Christmas
2000 |
Christmas
1999 |
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Christmas
1998 |
Christmas
1997 |
Christmas
1996 |
More
information and pictures of the tree at: Árvore de Natal da Bradesco Seguros.
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