Exotic costumes, floats and parades make for an exciting event that attracts more than two million people for each day of festivities. The heart of Rio Carnival is the Sambadrome, where the ...

A lot of people died. It's such a great celebration of life to be here now, hugging and singing together.' Rio's carnival will attracts around two million people between February 17-25 to watch ...

hosts a Carnival contest in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Silvia Izquierdo Brazil remains the world’s deadliest country for transgender people, with 106 murders last year ...

She says Black people in Rio, and especially those from the poorer favelas, still suffer much prejudice. "But Carnival is ours," she says. "Time to shine and show our pride"... CINTIA ALEXIO ...

with friends for the Rio Carnival festival. Seeing the floats and performers, and places my Brazilian grandpa told me about, felt magical. The people were so welcoming, it made the trip feel like ...

“When Carnival comes, it offers opportunities to people like me," said Borges, who used to be unemployed. Nearly all samba schools sit in working-class neighborhoods around Rio’s metropolitan ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations kicked off ... where about 300 people and their pets gathered in the neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca, on Rio’s west side.

On Sunday, the Brazilian model, 42, shared footage of herself dancing in the streets during Rio's world-famous carnival Gisele ... mode as more than a dozen people dance and jump along to some ...

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