Rio Carnival is a huge colourful party that happens every year in the Brazilian city. The festival runs for several days and will ends in a massive parade on Saturday 17 February. Performers wear ...

They call it the greatest spectacle on earth and for Brazil, carnival is everything. While Rio de Janeiro's carnival is Brazil's most famous, cities such as São Paulo have in the past few years ...

Brazil's top samba schools took part in Carnival celebrations across Sambadromes in São Paulo and Rio De Janeiro on Saturday night, with thousands of performers and fans dancing into the early ...

At the time Salvador was Brazil’s capital but Rio (which would become the capital in 1763) was a major port city. The Rio Carnival really took off from the 1920s, when samba schools were ...

Brazil’s Ministry of Health has begun to distribute the 128.6 million condoms purchased to guarantee the protection of those who participate in Carnival 2020 later this month.

Three Kings Day, January 6th, marks the beginning of festivals in Black communities with cultural branches from New Orleans to Brazil—but there's more. Carnival season typically marks the ...