Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, on Rio de Janeiro’s west side, but this year there’s even more ...

A group of Brazilian transgender women have been learning samba in the last few months as they prepare to take the stage at ...

Superstar Anitta has won over pop music fans in Brazil and abroad, even more so since she added English and Spanish singing ...

The Rio Carnival 2025 kicked off on Sunday night, March 2. The annual festival is renowned for its vibrant samba parades, ...

A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century as ...

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 ...

Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

Watch Samba school parade in Brazil Tens of thousands of cheering fans pack the bleachers of Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome to ...

Rio de Janeiro held the first day of its famous Carnival samba parades Sunday -- with many attendees also eying activities ...

Rio de Janeiro's massive Sambadrome erupted in noisy celebrations Sunday as the news broke that Brazil won its first Oscar, ...

One of Rio's most storied Samba schools will explore the "Pain and Passion" of the lives of the Bantu people in the city. Bantu people were the majority of Black people enslaved in Rio.

Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival officially kicked off on Friday ... which was abuzz with samba, color, and joy as a prelude to the festival, which runs until Tuesday. “Here I hand over the keys ...