Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Carnival in Brazil—a dazzling, five-day extravaganza of parades, music, and street parties.

A reveller of the Beija Flor de Nilópolis samba school performs during the first night of Rio’s Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio, Brazil, on February 12, 2018. (Photo by… NurPhoto via Getty Images ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Rio Carnival festival is back. It is considered the biggest carnival in the world. Two million people a day are expected to show up. This year, however, street parties won’t be ...

Brazil has gone a little less wild for this year's Carnival celebrations, with more demure costumes that represent the country’s numerous local celebrations. This shift in Carnival culture came as a ...

A reveler participates in the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 17, 2023. The Brazilian city's carnival is the South American country's biggest popular festival and ...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – With a swirl of glitter, sequins and samba, Rio de Janeiro will kick off its famed carnival parades Sunday, the climax of the festival's first full-on edition since Covid-19 and ...

This year's Rio de Janeiro's carnival held its second night of parades on Monday night. Thousands of dancers, representing seven of the city's elite samba schools, paraded through the purpose-built ...

Last week, festivities began in Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, a large celebration involving music, dancing, parades, and parties before the Catholic observance of Lent. Source: Britannica, Insider, The ...

A reveler participates in the carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 19, 2023. The Brazilian city's carnival is the South American country's biggest popular festival and ...