Several hundred mud-covered Carnival revelers paraded in the sleepy seaside town of Paraty in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, a decades-old tradition that has grown ever larger since its first ...

A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will ... Xica Manicongo was captured and enslaved in Brazil’s northeastern Bahia state. Authorities from the Portuguese Inquisition threatened her with ...

Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy ...

Registration is not required. Brazil is home to some of the most famous celebrations of Carnaval! Come and learn a bit of history of Carnaval in Bahia - the heart of African Diasporic culture in ...

“Places like the Afro-Brazilian mecca of Bahia are vibrant ... Salvador is at its most vibrant during Carnival season, which begins in February, extending from the Friday before Ash Wednesday ...

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 ...

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 ...