King Momo selected for 2018 Sao Paulo's Carnival

Marco Antonio Sales, a police officer aged 53, who is also a member of the samba school "Tom Maior", receives the band after being chosen for the seventh time as "King Momo" of the Sao Paulo's Carnival, during the elections of the Sao Paulo's Carnival Court, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Jan. 25, 2018. To become "King Momo", one is necessarily weighing at least 110kg. Sales, who is 1.91 meters in height and 165.5 kg in weight, has been participating in Sao Paulo's samba schools since he was 12 years old. With other members representing the Sao Paulo's Carnival Court, he will participate in the opening ceremony of the first night parade on Feb. 9 in the Anhembi Sambadrome.(Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso)