18th Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree: A Celebration of Life
Rio de Janeiro celebrates life in the inauguration of the world's largest floating Christmas tree
Thousands of people congregated around the edge
of Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon to watch the lighting up of the Tree, one of the three main events in
the city, after Carnival and New Years Eve.
Starting this Sunday, December 1st, the Tree will
be lit daily until January 6th – Three Kings Day
– according to tradition. Based on the theme “A
Celebration of Life”, Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree is now celebrating its 18th consecutive
edition and highlights five elements: Water, Air,
Forests, Humanity and Christmas. The spectacle
of lights and colors starts with Water, where the
blue tone pervades the Tree and figures of dolphins, seahorses, fish and starfish appear throughout its structure. Following this, gentle shades of
warm colors provide the setting for a flight of
birds, in reference to Air. A greenish tone adorned
with branches and leaves serves as the backdrop
for Forests. Lastly, in the spirit of “A celebration
of life”, Humanity gathers round the Tree, to celebrate Christmas.
According to Alexandre Nogueira, Director of
Bradesco Seguros, which has sponsored