A samba school rises to Rio Carnival's top league, bringing an economic boom to its poor residents
Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, on Rio de Janeiro's west side, but this year there's even more, with its Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school back in the top parade league for the first time in 57 years.
Samba schools parade on the first day of Rio's carnival
With colorful costumes decorated with feathers and glitter, Rio de Janeiro's samba schools paraded at the Sambodrome on the first day of Carnival on Friday (February 28) night. The parade competition is one of the top attractions of the annual Carnival celebrations.
A group of Brazilian transgender women have been learning samba in the last few months as they prepare to take the stage at ...
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.
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 ...
THEY are the gorgeous, glittering Samba dancers who steal the show at the greatest party on the planet. The queens and muses ...
Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.
As Greece prepares to celebrate Carnival, many people ask if the Ancient Greeks also did the same. The answer is not as easy ...
Several hundred mud-covered Carnival revelers paraded in the sleepy seaside town of Paraty in southeastern Brazil on Saturday ...
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