Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2019 Parades Part 1: The Spectacular Floats, Dancers, and Costumes, in Pictures A cavalcade of color and eye-popping costumes. Published Mar 04, 2019 at 9:20 AM EST.

Rio de Janeiro's carnival returned with a bang this weekend with colourful floats, costumes and dancing Top samba schools kicked off the celebration in the Sambadrome, Rio's giant avenue-turned ...

A float in Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival parade partially collapsed with dancers on board, injuring several people early Tuesday. Rio de Janeiro’s Municipal Health Secretariat said at least 11 ...

Rio carnival dancers injured after carnival float collapses. Close At least 12 people were injured when a float collapsed in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, the venue where the samba schools hold ...

With whimsical floats, thundering drum sections and legions of performers in fanciful, flesh-flaunting costumes, 12 samba schools are competing for the coveted title of carnival champions in Rio.

In February, I spent a week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with friends for the Rio Carnival festival. Seeing the floats and performers, and places my Brazilian grandpa told me about, felt magical.

THEY are the gorgeous, glittering Samba dancers who steal the show at the greatest party on the planet. The queens and muses who light up the jaw-dropping, heart-pounding Rio Carnival are once agai… ...

Fat Tuesday in the Big Easy and Rio’s signature blowout are two of the planet’s biggest and best parties. There is, however, more to this age-old party—and ways to celebrate it.

The Carnival parade is billed as the world’s biggest party, yet scarcely anyone outside Brazil realizes that the flashy floats and extravagant dancers are more than spectacle.

This year's Rio de Janeiro's carnival held its second night of parades on Monday night. Thousands of dancers, representing seven of the city's elite samba schools, paraded through the purpose ...

A float in Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival parade partially collapsed with dancers on board, injuring several people early Tuesday. Rio de Janeiro’s Municipal Health Secretariat said at least 11 ...