This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – For the very first time ...

Sparkle, feathers and samba dance moves that have been perfected over the last two years as the Rio Carnival was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, marked the return of the much-anticipated ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (WTHR) - Brazil is accustomed to hosting huge events. In addition to the Summer Olympics and the 2014 World Cup, Brazil also hosts the world's biggest annual party: Carnival! "I think ...

In this Jan. 27, 2020 photo, performers wait next to a image of Saint Sebastian, patron saint of the Rio de Janeiro, for the start of the rehearsal at the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school, in Rio de ...

Thousands of samba dancers have been seen partying in Brazil for the opening of the city's world-famous carnival. The country's 12 top samba schools kicked off the annual parade competition in the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival can be one of the greatest parties on Earth. The locals, who have barely recovered from their New Year’s partying, already are busy preparing for the ...

It was the last rehearsal of the Vila Isabel samba school at the famed Sambadrome, and Natalia Guimaraes, Miss Brazil 2007, wondered if she was truly ready for Carnival. She surveyed the high-energy ...

THEY are the gorgeous, glittering Samba dancers who steal the show at the greatest party on the planet. The queens and muses who light up the jaw-dropping, heart-pounding Rio Carnival are once again ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, a favela on Rio de Janeiro's west side, but this year the pulse is even stronger with its Unidos de Padre Miguel ...

It's Carnival in Brazil – the five-day wild celebration before the beginning of Lent. And there is no place quite like Rio de Janeiro to enjoy it. But along with the music, costumes and pageantry ...