Brazil's Carnival is expected to attract 65 million revelers, with significant tourist influx and economic impact, ...

Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is using samba parades to spotlight Black Brazilian women writers who rarely get public recognition ...

A Carnival party in Paraty swaps glitter and costumes for mud, as crowds cover themselves in gray sludge and celebrate as one group.

Carnival, a spectacle celebrating African deities and Catholic saints alike, has become a battleground for religious groups in Brazil.

A Rio Carnival samba school has honored Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with a glowing parade, but his rivals are calling it illegal early campaigning ...

By bnl Sao Paulo bureau Brazil's electoral court has opened an investigation into whether a lavish carnival parade celebrating President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva crossed the line into illegal early ...

Rio de Janeiro's annual carnival parade competition continued its tradition of vibrant dance and colour, with samba school ...

Hundreds of people take part in Paraty's "mud carnival", which is called Bloco da Lama. They roll around in thick, squishy mud on Jabaquara Beach until they're completely covered, before decorating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, attends the Academicos de Niteroi samba school parade in his honor with ...