Even at anything-goes Carnival, these lyrics raise eyebrows
(World News Brazil)

SAO PAULO (AP) -- The typical notion of Carnival in Brazil is that anything goes: no headdress too big, no outfit too small, no song too ribald. This year, some organizers of the world's best known street party are saying: "Enough!" At least to the lyrics. A growing number of "blocos" - a term Brazilians use to refer to Carnival street parties and the singing and dancing groups that organize them - are defying tradition and refusing to play a handful of songs that have lyrics considered sexist, homophobic or racist. If you think Brazilians have met that with their trademark easygoing, live-and-let-live attitude, then you don't know how seriously they take...