Members of the Padre Miguel samba school performing at the Sambadrome during Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS ...

A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century as a means to spotlight trans people’s struggle in Brazil, where more of them ...

The festivities for Rio's Carnival kicked off Monday night as Samba school ‘Unidos da Tijuca’ took the stage with an Afro-Brazilian religious theme, paying tribute to Logun Edé, a deity from ...

Drum queen Lorena Raissa from Beija-Flor samba school performs during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, early Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Credit: AP/Bruna Prado Mestre Dudu ...

All the main samba competitions between rival dance schools and parades take place in the Sambadrome – a purpose-built parade area created for the Carnival in downtown Cidade Nova. After the ...

“When Carnival comes, it offers opportunities to people like me,” said Borges, who used to be unemployed. Nearly all samba schools sit in working-class neighborhoods around Rio’s ...

There is still some time to go until the festivities, but street parties and samba school rehearsals are already kicking off the greatest show on Earth.

Carnival judges score parades on a 10-point scale for various categories, including drumming; it is assessed based on creativity, consistency and how well it suits each samba school’s theme and lyrics ...

“When Carnival comes, it offers opportunities to people like me," said Borges, who used to be unemployed. Nearly all samba schools sit in working-class neighborhoods around Rio’s metropolitan ...