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 ...

People call me 'gringa' and joke around about ... now starting a new business - a carnival agency called Experience Carnival Rio to chaperone tourists to the Sambadrome and try to make sure ...

The Viradouro samba school has won Rio de Janeiro's hotly contested Carnival parade competition ... from where many of the people who were taken to Brazil as slaves came from.

Rio Carnival is a huge colourful party that happens every year in the Brazilian city. The festival runs for several days and will ends in a massive parade on Saturday 17 February. Performers wear ...

Images of raucous Carnival parties, pristine beaches and the vivid colours of the landscape below Christ the Redeemer fill the minds of would-be visitors to this vibrant former capital. For many ...