This is the dramatic moment a man dressed as Jesus Christ smacked down an antagonist at a carnival in Brazil.
Luis Felipe Andrade Amaral was at the Sao Paulo carnival with friends when a shirtless man started accosting him.
The footage shows the man kick and attempt to punch Luis but he fights back and punches the attacker on the chin, making him stumble back.
This is the dramatic moment a man dressed as Jesus Christ smacked down an antagonist at a carnival in Brazil
Luis, who admits to having consumed more wine than water, was dressed as Jesus because his friends think he resembles the son of God and he ‘thought it would be funny’.
The video starts in a crowded Sao Paulo street in the middle of the carnival with Luis trying to squeeze his right foot back into his flip flop.
A shirtless man with tattoos down both arms strides into shot with his fists raised.
Luis, wearing a long white robe with a red cape and a large crucifix, easily deflects the shirtless man’s punches and kicks.
Luis Felipe Andrade Amaral was at the Sao Paulo carnival with friends when a shirtless man started accosting him
He then gives the man a ‘come one’ gesture as the attacker walks away and jumps onto a kerb to get a height advantage.
Luis, a web designer, then punches the shirtless man on the chin. There are screams of excitement from the crowd.
The punch knocks the man’s sunglasses off his head and clearly dazes him. The man tries to punch Luis but misses and is then pushed by ‘Jesus’ out of the way.
The eager onlookers can be heard letting out fits of laughter as the man falls to the ground. Luis points at him and appears to tell him to stop.
The persistent man ignores him and chases Luis down to punch him on the back of the head.
Luis, a web designer, then punches the shirtless man on the chin. There are screams of excitement from the crowd
To this, Luis turns around and gives the man another stern warning, forcing him to meekly walk away.
Luis said: ‘I think the feeling was kind of ‘oh boy, not again’. I was too drunk otherwise I wouldn’t have fought the guy.
‘It has two million views and comments from all over the world. I can’t stop laughing about all this.
‘I was dressed up like Jesus because my friends told me I look like him, mostly because of the hair. I thought it would be funny because I definitely don’t act like him.’
Captioned ‘Don’t f*** with Jesus’, the clip has been watched 2.7m times since it was posted on February 19.
This year’s festival in Sao Paulo lasted for 19 days and is associated with lent. Party goers start celebrations on the Friday before Ash Wednesday.