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 ...

See shots of “the world’s biggest party” from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The parade in Navalmoral de la Mata starts in the afternoon but lasts well over three hours, ushering revelers into ...

Carnival is one of the most popular party seasons in Brazil. Annually, the country attracts millions of people from all over the world to enjoy the festivities. Tourists flock to Rio de Janeiro to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's famously colorful Carnival celebration will return in full force this month and is expected to generate nearly $1 billion in business, an all-time ...

Covid canceled the 2021 festival. Now, the Brazilian city is reclaiming its streets Antonia Mufarech - Correspondent Members of the Portela samba school perform during Rio's Carnival parade. Photo by ...

“The parades at the Sambadrome are the central event of Carnival. For four nights, Rio’s top samba schools, of which there are more than 100, perform to themes of their choosing—this past year, many ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor Eduardo Paes on Wednesday ceremonially handed control of the city to King Momo, a ritual representing the upheaval of the status quo — but it remains to be ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — Standing 9 feet tall, Raquel Potí regularly graces the front pages of Brazilian magazines and newspapers, and on Saturday the artist donned a lavish feathered costume ...