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Carnival in Rio kicks off with famous parades at the Sambadrome

The "Botafogo Samba Clube" samba school parades through the Sambodrome on the first day of the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. In Rio de Janeiro, the world-famous parades in the Sambodrome have begun with ...
Yahoo

Carnival in Rio: Inside Scoop on One of the Largest Festivals

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's Carnival Is the Biggest Party on Earth—Here's What It Was Like Photographing It

Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Carnival in Brazil—a dazzling, five-day extravaganza of parades, music, and street parties.
Digital Journal

Rio mayor hands key to city to carnival king

After two years of Covid-19 cancellations, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor officially opened the world’s most famous carnival celebration. King Momo (symbolic ruler of Brazil's carnival) Wilson Dias da Costa ...
Newsday

With flicks of the wrist, Rio Carnival's drum maestros keep everyone locked in on the beat

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 ...
Digital Journal

Rio holds first all-out carnival since Covid

This year's King Momo, Djeferson Mendes da Silva, holds the keys to the city of Rio de Janeiro during the official carnival opening ceremony on February 17, 2023 ...
Washington Examiner

Rio’s samba dancers stars by night, workers by day

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company’s drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she dazzles ...