RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Carnival kicked off Friday afternoon, with Saturday marking the first full day ...

Part of what makes Brazilian Carnaval so special is the depth and ... You can expect street parades, local fairs, blocos, and the beloved samba showcase at the Sambadrome. This is possibly the ...

It skipped the nationwide airing of high-ratings Carnival parades to instead broadcast the Oscars. “Today, all of Brazil only thinks about this,” President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on ...

Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

Brazil's Carnival was in full swing on Friday with samba school parades kicking off the festivities in Sao Paulo's Sambadrome. The traditional samba school Barroca Zona Sul was one of the first to ...

The parade will feature other notable figures, including Brazil’s first trans lawmakers, Duda Salabert and Erika Hilton; Rio state lawmaker Dani Balbi and Bruna Benevides, who heads Brazil's ...

Brazil’s Carnival is a global phenomenon, renowned for its exuberant parades, vibrant samba rhythms and dazzling costumes.

Carnival in the Brazilian city has two sides: the street parties, known as blocos, and the parades at the legendary Sambadrome. Since Friday afternoon, hundreds of street parties have been roving ...

Part of what makes Brazilian Carnaval so special is the depth and complexity within ... picture-perfect setting for a lovely Carnaval celebration. You can expect street parades, local fairs, blocos, ...

A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century as a means to spotlight trans people’s struggle in Brazil, where more of them ...