Hundreds of thousands attended this year’s glistening spectacle at Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival 2025, and the results have officially ...

Harlequin Carnival Club clinched the top prize in the Open Feature Mounted category with their frosty spectacle Ice Harvest, while Huckyduck Carnival Club topped the Open Tableaux category with the ...

My taxi pulls to a halt, and I feel like I’m being watched. I wind down the window and a figure — one I can only describe as a monkey-like clown with a long, droopy nose — is staring me right in the ...

rum queen Bianca Monteiro, from the Portela samba school, performs during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. President makes historic move on ...

The Beija-Flor samba school has been crowned winner of Rio de Janeiro's celebrated carnival parade competition. Thousand gathered at the city's giant Sambadrome arena to watch the top 12 samba schools ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s that time of year in Rio de Janeiro: Carnival! Carnival in the Brazilian city has two sides: the street parties, known as blocos, and the parades at the legendary Sambadrome ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — At a classical orchestra, a conductor’s raised hands often means the start of a performance. Tracing shapes in the air could point to how each beat must come. And one’s free fingers ...

Rio's Sambadrome Carnival came to an end on its third day as the city's top samba schools paraded and partied through the night. White House withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination for UN ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century, highlighting the ongoing violence against transgender ...

Subtle hand signs coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of Rio de Janeiro’s glitzy Carnival parades. RIO DE JANEIRO — At a classical orchestra, a conductor's raised hands often means ...

Authorities said that excitement over the Oscars win could help amplify the economic activity generated by the Carnival, with estimates for the festival approaching ...

Transgender woman Negriny Venture, of the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school, prepares to rehearse for the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. RIO DE JANEIRO — A Carnival parade in ...