Clowns complete with red noses and tutus delivered the joy of Carnival to sick children in a Rio de Janeiro hospital on Tuesday, bringing the ebullient festivities normally found on the streets ...

Carnival celebrates vibrant global traditions, blending history, resistance, and cultural expression through music, dance, ...

Plus the Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro ... next year’s Mardi Gras party and buy the king cake. Why are masks worn during ...

Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

RIO DE JANEIRO — 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 day ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — It’s morphin’ time for Brazil's police. Dozens of officers have camouflaged among revelers during Carnival festivities to arrest pickpockets in metropolis Sao Paulo dressed as clowns, ...

According to Riotur, a tourism company linked to Rio City Hall, Carnival is expected to generate 5.5 billion reais (€900 million) in the city between February 1 and March 9. During this festive ...

Street parties, known as blocos, are a fixture of Rio’s Carnival celebrations ... through the corridors decorated with streamers and masks, inviting children, parents, nurses and doctors ...

Masks of Torres’ face ... “That’s peak fame in Brazil — to become a Carnival costume,” Torres said Feb. 10 at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. “I see a lot of me in the streets.