Carnival in Rio lasts more than a full week, during which different concerts and performances take over the city. In 2025, the city is planning to organize over 400 different "blocos" ("concert sites" ...

Sipping a sugary cocktail as your toes disappear into the white sands of a balneário beach. A sunrise hike through the rainforest, finished off with a bowl of acai and washed down with a zingy lime ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 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 over the festivities. “Don’t call me. Call King Momo ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations kicked off on Saturday, dozens of dogs dressed as superheroes, clowns and cartoon characters paraded alongside their owners in one of the ...

“I officially declare Carnival 2024 open!” King Momo said after Mayor Eduardo Paes bestowed upon him a gigantic, silver and gold key. RIO DE JANEIRO — To thunderous applause, Rio de Janeiro's mayor ...

Members of the Porto da Pedra samba school perform during the first night of the Carnival parade at the Marques de Sapucai Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on ...

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. Modern Brazil ...