Subtle hand signs coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of Rio de Janeiro’s glitzy Carnival parades.

Rio's Sambadrome Carnival came to an end on its third day as the city's top samba schools paraded and partied through the ...

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

Just a few minutes from the school parades in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, there’s a huge workforce stitching, fixing, sweeping up feathers and sequins, and assembling floats and instruments.

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

The Carnival is in full swing as music, glam and glee continue to dominate the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Samba school Unidos da Tijuca opened the festivities on Monday night with an afro ...

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

This year, the “special group” parades over three days instead of the usual two, with four samba schools taking the stage ...

Drum queen Lorena Raissa from Beija-Flor samba school performs during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, early Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Credit: AP/Bruna Prado Mestre Dudu ...

Anitta is a songwriter for the Unidos da Tijuca samba school, the first to enter the Sambadrome avenue on Monday, the second of three nights of parades. Every samba school must have a song that is ...