Carnival is a festive, pre-Lenten season of public celebration, revelry and masquerade, marked by parades, music and street parties. It is a time of social unity and joy, offering a last burst of ...

Revelers gathered Sunday for the Glorious Diving street party, reviving a tradition in Rio de Janeiro that dates back to the early 1900s and lasted until the 1960s, as the city marked the final day of ...

When Lourdes Barreto fled her home in Brazil's northeastern state of Paraiba as a teenager -- a move that launched her into sex work and a lifetime of activism -- she never imagined that a samba ...

The six top-scoring samba schools from Rio’s Carnival returned to the Sambadrome for one final parade, showcasing their elaborate costumes and live samba music. (AP Video by Lucas Dumphreys) ...

Samba and literature rarely share the same stage, but at this year’s Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, two samba schools used their parades to tell the stories of Black Brazilian female aut ...

Carnival celebrations worldwide, renowned for their century-old traditions, include Rio's famous samba parades, Venice's mask ...

Political critics denounced the show as early campaigning ahead of the October elections. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Carnival, a spectacle celebrating African deities and Catholic saints alike, has become a battleground for religious groups in Brazil.

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hundreds of thousands of people cover themselves in glitter for the biggest party in the world, ...

An homage to the life of Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói came in last ...

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Political critics denounced the show as early campaigning ahead of the October elections. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...