the music-blaring floats, joyous over the movie's attention some 6,000 miles north. Some creative types had even taken the Boneco de Olinda, a giant traditional puppet often seen during Carnival ...

From Rio's dazzling parades to Trinidad's soulful rhythms, Carnival unites the world in vibrant celebration. Its roots trace ...

Controversial Carnival floats involving Jews and the Holocaust are not rare in Brazilian Carnival parades, but in most cases, Jewish officials have been successful in removing the anti-Semitic ...

Brazil's famed Carnival is to begin Friday ... of the 12 samba schools competing in Rio's parades to enter a morbid float representing the victims of the Holocaust, accompanied by a dancer ...

Brazil's 2015 Carnival celebration was not without controversy, as a Rio de Janeiro samba school was accused of taking festival funding from the dictator of Equatorial Guinea.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Carnival kicked off Friday afternoon, with Saturday marking the first full ...

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP ... from Sunday to Tuesday in the famed Carnival parade, with celebrants relaying a story through the use of towering floats, drummers and dancers.