On the lush Costa Verde, artisans and chefs preserve the cultures of pre-Columbian and enslaved African communities—and their descendants who have called the area home over centuries.

André Aram looks at some of the groundbreaking trans women who have stepped into this prestigious role of Carnival drum ...

Most people hear "Brazil" and picture samba dancers, golden coastlines, and Rio's dazzling street parties. Honestly, that's ...

Carlinhos Brown, born Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas on November 23, 1962, in the Candeal Pequeno neighborhood of Salvador, ...

VICE goes inside Rio Carnival, Brazil's biggest street party! Experience the vibrant parades, music, and culture as millions ...

A few days after Carnival in Brazil in 2025, one of the country’s premier samba schools, Salgueiro, issued a blistering critique on Instagram of the Rio de Janeiro judges. Salgueiro is a perennial top ...

Thousands of revelers have gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, for the annual Lagos Fanti Carnival. The event celebrates the ...

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The runway is alive with colour and music. Samba dancers fill the stadium, their sparkling, feather-bedecked costumes painting the scene in blocks of neon green, fuchsia pink, lemon yellow and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The mere idea that U.S. soldiers on leave from Iraq see Rio's carnival as a free-floating sex party has Brazilians outraged. A report in Britain's The Guardian newspaper that ...

The impacted voyages were originally set to depart on the ‘Carnival Firenze’ ship in October and November, according to reports Alamy Carnival reportedly canceled 11 voyages aboard its Carnival ...

ROMARIO has been dumped by his girlfriend after being accused of cheating with her friend. The Brazilian legend, 60, was ...