Events take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s most cosmopolitan city. All the main samba competitions between rival dance schools and parades take place in the Sambadrome – a purpose-built parade area ...

Video. Clowns and musicians turned a Rio hospital into a carnival celebration, bringing music, dance, and laughter to children, parents, and medical staff on the pediatric ward.

For the first time, Carnaval, the famous pre-Lenten tradition in Latin America, made its way to the hilltop on March 11. The ...

"I work out, I practice samba with special shin support so I can develop resilience. “We are also rehearsing on the street as we will dance on the tarmac, and Rio’s tarmac is quite different ...

sing and take thousands of selfies with some of the most celebrated Rio Carnival Samba Schools, including lightly dressed queens, musicians, dancers and a several floors float in a contagious ...