Rio Carnival is a huge colourful party that happens ... traditions and culture and brings a lot of tourists from around the world. Many young people take part in the carnival.

The Londoner was chosen to be the muse of one of Rio de ... Flores enters the wide Carnival strip on her own to summon in the first float, cheered on by thousands of people on the stands, and ...

Rio Carnival is both rooted in European pagan traditions and Catholicism. It was originally a food festival when people would take their last opportunity to gorge before the beginning of Lent ...

Brazil's most famous carnival celebrations have taken place in Rio de Janeiro. More than 70,000 people gathered at the city's huge concrete arena known as the Sambadrome, where samba schools ...