With flicks of the wrist, Rio Carnival's drum maestros keep everyone locked in on the beat
Subtle hand signs coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of Rio de Janeiro's glitzy Carnival parades.
Carnival 2025 samba queens set Rio ablaze in jaw-dropping costumes: PHOTOS
The Rio Carnival 2025 kicked off on Sunday night, March 2. The annual festival is renowned for its vibrant samba parades, ...
A samba school rises to Rio Carnival’s top league, bringing an economic boom to its poor residents
Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, on Rio de Janeiro’s west side, but this year there’s even more ...
Vibrant floats and dancers dazzle in Rio de Janeiro's Carnival
The drums rolled on Sunday (March 2) as thousands of samba troupe members swung into the spotlight of Rio de Janeiro's ...
Rio’s Carnival kicks off as mayor gives key to the city to King Momo
Rio de Janeiro’s mayor handed over the key to the city to its Carnival monarch on Friday, opening King Momo’s five-day reign ...
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King Momo inaugurates Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations
Rio de Janeiro's Carnival officially kicked off on Friday, with the handing over of the keys to the city to King Momo.
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A Rio Carnival parade will tell the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will ... one of Rio's 12 top-flight samba schools competing in the iconic Sambadrome. Tuiuti hopes the tale of Manicongo ...
Street vendors dispense the party fuel for Rio’s Carnival, but face pushback as their numbers grow
Vendors are a fixture at Rio’s Carnival street parties. They scour Instagram pages for times and locations, coordinate on ...