Rio de Janeiro Carnival in pictures: Exotic dancers parade through Sambadrome Extraterrestrial toucan birds, neon green spacemen waving Brazilian flags and legions of scantily clad women and men ...

Carnival might last only six days, but the preparations continue all through the year. There are close to 100 samba schools in Rio and of those, more than a dozen are in the special, elite league.

Rio de Janeiro has canceled its world-famous Carnival street parades due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, the city’s mayor Eduardo Paes announced Tuesday during a YouTube live stream.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Carnival street parades in Rio de Janeiro have been canceled for 2022 by the city’s mayor, as new COVID-19 cases continue to explode in Brazil, according to a report from CNN.

Rio de Janeiro's famously colorful Carnival celebration will return in full force this month and is expected to generate nearly $1 billion in business, an all-time high, following the pandemic ...

Rio de Janeiro's mayor has opened the seaside city's raucous Carnival, the self-billed biggest party on the planet and Brazil's last big bash before it hosts this year's World Cup football tournament.

The world-famous Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro will be held in late April rather than the final weekend of February, as the number of coronavirus cases in Brazil spikes and the omicron ...

Shopping in Rio de Janeiro amps up in the weeks leading up to Carnival. The festivities attract swarms of national and international tourists who come for the world-famous parades and block parties.

Rio de Janeiro's carnival parades became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic Thursday as officials announced they were indefinitely postponing the February 2021 edition, with Brazil ...

Jacira, the seamstress guardian of Mangueira Jacira De Oliveira Santos isn't here to have a laugh. Well, she is, but not now. It's 1:30am and her samba school, the prestigious Estaçao Primeira da ...