Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Jan. 27, 2020 photo, performers wait next to a image of Saint Sebastian, patron saint of the Rio de Janeiro, for the start ...

An homage to the life of Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói came in last ...

Brazil has been in party mode since February 13 with the 2026 Carnival celebration, which wraps up this weekend.

In a faded rehearsal hall in the gritty concrete sprawl of northern Rio de Janeiro, samba dancers and drummers fine-tune ...

Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday. The Associated Press Carnival dancers have taken the biggest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Jubilant spectators watched various music groups play onstage, performing songs in honor of iconic Brazilian musicians such ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — Carnival dancers have taken the biggest stage in Rio de Janeiro to pay tribute to Brazil’s largest Indigenous group and pressure President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to ...

Members of Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel Samba School perform during a rehearsal in preparation for the 2014 carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro February 2, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Dancers in dazzling costumes sway to the rhythm of the music as samba bands rehearse in front of cheering crowds in the city's Sambadrome before the start of the world-famous Rio ...

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 ...