Brazil's most famous carnival celebrations have taken place in Rio de Janeiro. More than 70,000 people gathered at the city's huge concrete arena known as the Sambadrome, where samba schools ...

Revelers play instruments on a train at Central do Brasil station, on their way to the pre-Carnival "Caxias Water Planet" ...

Watch again people gathered at Leme Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday (10 February) for the Bloco street party for the Brazil Carnival. The massive Ceu Na Terra street party kicked off for ...

In the run-up to Rio’s Carnival, follow the beat to this buzzy beach suburb, where the Brazilian city’s surf, food and music ...

Rio de Janeiro, Carnival under Fire by Ruy Castro (2004): Part of Bloomsbury’s The Writer and the City series, Ruy Castro’s entry is a good-humored, good-natured social history of Rio and its ...

The Viradouro samba school has won Rio de Janeiro's hotly contested Carnival parade competition ... the venue which hosts the annual competition. All photos subject to copyright.

Revellers from Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school perform during the first night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares ...

A reveler dances on stilts during the "Caxias Water Planet" pre-Carnival street party, in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro ...