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The vibrant streets of Rio de Janeiro transformed into a kaleidoscope of color and sound as the Unidos da Tijuca samba school ...

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

About 100 dogs happily wagged their tails to samba music while socialising at the Blocao street party. The event drew around ...

Carnival celebrates vibrant global traditions, blending history, resistance, and cultural expression through music, dance, ...

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 created for the Carnival in ...

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 ...

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

THEY are the gorgeous, glittering Samba dancers who steal the show ... impossible to ignore when turning the spotlight on Brazil’s carnival queens. She has given her 4.8million social media ...

in the middle of the first day of its famous samba parades. "I'm Still Here" earned Brazil's first Oscar in the best international film category, sparking a national fervor usually reserved for the ...