At the top of each float you will find the main floatee, destaque in Portuguese. It's like the cherry on the ice-cream. Framed by hundreds of feathers, they wear costumes that are incredibly luxurious and expensive. There are cranes at the concentration and the dispersion ready to take them up and down. Climbing leathers would be impossible as these costumes are heavy and their stand may be three stories high! Destaques cannot be afraid of heights or the inevitable trepidation as the float moves along. There are security poles for them to hold every now and then.