SÃO PAULO (RNS) — The massive Saturnalia of the Brazilian Carnival, the five days of festivities, parades and public debauchery leading up to Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, has not ...

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.

The Carnaval da Anitta takes inspiration from the Brazilian Carnival and will feature a number of other performers. On Jan. 25, 2024, Anitta took the stage in São Paulo in a show-stopping costume.

At 9 p.m. Saturday, Cleveland Brazilian Carnival will give you another shot at Mardi Gras. The bash brings performers, music and dancing to Shooters on the Water, 1148 Main Avenue, Cleveland.

Given how much the Brazilian tourism industry normally makes from Carnival – which would be happening now – and is currently losing, this might not be the smartest move from a tourism minister.

Transgender godmother Camila Prins, representing the Colorado do Bras samba school, performs at Carnival in the Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. Prins entered the parade ...

And since the 1960s, samba schools have mounted carnival parades with research-backed themes that address Afro-Brazilian culture and history — samba enredos, as they are called in Portuguese.

Brazilian guitarist Vinicius Gomes will lead a group of musicians in a Brazilian Carnival-themed concert at the JAS Cafe at Local Coffee House on Friday and Saturday. Tracey Yarad/Courtesy photo After ...