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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Extraterrestrial toucan birds, neon green spacemen waving Brazilian flags and legions of scantily clad women and men dancing a furious samba opened the final round of Rio de ...

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 as a scantily clad ...

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 ...

In this Jan. 27, 2020 photo, performers wait next to a image of Saint Sebastian, patron saint of the Rio de Janeiro, for the start of the rehearsal at the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school, in Rio de ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, a favela on Rio de Janeiro's west side, but this year the pulse is even stronger with its Unidos de Padre Miguel ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Dancers in dazzling costumes sway to the rhythm of the music as samba bands rehearse in front of cheering crowds in the city's Sambadrome before the start of the world-famous Rio ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (WTHR) - Brazil is accustomed to hosting huge events. In addition to the Summer Olympics and the 2014 World Cup, Brazil also hosts the world's biggest annual party: Carnival! "I think ...

This week, hundreds and thousands of people are flooding the streets of Brazil to celebrate Carnival with lavish costumes, floats, dances, and music. Carnival dates back to the 18th century and ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - East shimmied with West in Tokyo as thousands of Japanese and Brazilians danced to the rapturous beat of the samba in an Asian-flavored carnival that would have made Rio de ...