RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A leading Brazilian Jewish official gave a thumbs up to a local Carnival performance that featured swastikas and mirrored a spectacle that raised eyebrows in the 1990s.

Revelers of the Vila Maria samba school perform during the Carnival parade at the Anhembi Sambadrome in São Paulo, Brazil, on Feb. 14, 2015.

Academicos do Grande Rio, one of the newest groups to make it into the top samba league, lost nearly all of its 3,000-plus costumes and all eight of its floats — a combined investment of $5.5 ...

Every year cities in Brazil celebrate Carnival with celebratory dances, parades, costumes, and parties. See the photos of this year's festivities.

Rio de Janeiro's Carnival parade is world famous for the samba dancing, costumes that leave little to the imagination and the magnificent floats that roll down Avenida Marques de Sapucai, also ...

This year's Rio Carnival is getting bigger and brighter than ever as it heads to the final day. The performers showed off their body in colorful and revealing costumes and their groovy moves ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations kicked off on Saturday, dozens of dogs dressed as superheroes, clowns and cartoon characters paraded alongside their owners in one of ...

Serious carnival performers — the ones you see in 7-inch heels and glorious costumes on TV — say they prepare with strict diets, intensive training and by glugging down plenty of water beforehand.

As Rio de Janeiro kicks off its Carnival, about 100 dogs are barking and wagging their tails to the tune of samba music as they parade in front of pet lovers in a canine costume competition.