Brazilians celebrating the presidential victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have taken to the streets with a near-nude parade and carnival.
Lula da Silva narrowly bested previous president Jair Bolsonaro, who received 49.1% of the vote in recent presidential elections held in Brazil, with celebrations under the so-called Carnalula following.
Better known by voters as Lula, residents in the South American country took to the streets in a near-naked fashion, with bikini-clad spectacles showcased throughout the country in a carnival parade.
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Victory for Lula, 77, appears to have inspired tens of thousands of people, who took to the streets in carnival-like fashion to celebrate the incumbent president's victory, after he received 50.9% of the vote.
Joy and optimism appeared to take over, as well as a brief flutter of nudity for the 77-year-old president, who was re-elected to the post for the first time since 2010.
Over a decade on from his election and the Brazilian population boomed through the streets, seemingly joyous for the newly elected leader, with carnival-goers wearing newly made masks of the president.
Alongside said masks were a host of scantily clad supporters who revelled in the results.
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The Worker's Party of Brazil is set for a return to government, and revellers basked in the new wave for Brazilian politics, which sees president Jair Bolsonaro removed from power.
Decked out in red attire or barely anything at all, people took to the streets in celebration for Lula, whose election was described by the 77-year-old as "a campaign of democracy against barbarity".
Said campaign saw a thin margin between Lula and Bolsonaro, with just 1.8% of the vote difference, around 2million voters, separating the winner from the loser.
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Despite the party atmosphere and parades of support for the president, one expert believes that "potentially tense days and weeks" are ahead as the split vote puts people at odds.
Oliver Stuenkel, professor of international relations at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo, was reported by BBC as saying: "He needs to be the president for all Brazilians.
"I think we are facing a few potentially tense days and weeks. Bolsonaro had over the past four years sought to undermine checks and balances and put increasing pressure on the judiciary and civil society.
"In that sense, particularly for other democracies around the world, his victory is unambiguously good news, particularly at a time of democratic regression."
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