RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — At rehearsal for the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school, a dancer poses for photos with admiring onlookers while wearing the bright yellow uniform and sky-high heels of the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company’s drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she dazzles ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Carnival approaches in Rio de Janeiro, members of a samba school perfect a minutely-tuned performance with dancers twirling in blue, red and white skirts and 40 drummers ...

From the bottom of her platform heels to the top of her 15-kilogram headpiece, samba dancer Mishel Finlayson says she is ...

Spectacular floats, a feverish atmosphere, an infectious rhythm that leaves no hip unmoved… the Rio Carnival, held from February 13th to 18th, 2026, is a dazzling spectacle where bodies speak volumes.

1 of 4 — Lilian Ouidragogo was one of the samba dancers who performed. 2 of 4 — Dancer Roberta Korsenowski poses with a festival attendee. Last year, BrasilFest’s organizers had to stop all the drums ...

This week, hundreds and thousands of people are flooding the streets of Brazil to celebrate Carnival with lavish costumes, floats, dances, and music. Carnival dates back to the 18th century and ...