The Carnival is in full swing as music, glam and glee continue to dominate the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Samba school Unidos da Tijuca opened the festivities on Monday night with an afro ...

The six top-scoring samba schools from Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival returned to the Sambadrome for a final parade, wowing spectators with dazzling costumes, energetic performances, and live samba ...

That's the message one of Rio de Janeiro's famous samba schools is delivering at this weekend's official Carnival parade, as NPR's Carrie Kahn reports. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) MANGUEIRA SAMBA SCHOOL ...

RIO DE JANEIRO ... The parade, scheduled for Tuesday night, four days after Carnival officially kicks off, is the creation of Paraiso do Tuiuti, one of Rio's 12 top-flight samba schools competing ...

The survey covers the period from March 1 to 4 as Rio’s Carnival has grown into a billion-dollar industry. The city center, where the samba school ... The Rio de Janeiro Carnival is a massive ...

Carnival season always breathes life into the local economy of Rio de Janeiro's Vila Vintém favela – but particularly this year, after its Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school was elevated to ...

The Beija-Flor samba school has been crowned winner of Rio de Janeiro's celebrated carnival parade competition. Thousand gathered at the city's giant Sambadrome arena to watch the top 12 samba ...

Founded in 1948, Beija-Flor is one of the most awarded samba schools in Rio de Janeiro, with 14 championship titles, and the third most successful school in the history of the Rio Carnival.

Subtle hand signs coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of Rio de ... the parade while revelers continue singing. The technique is used to highlight key parts of a samba school ...

STORY: :: Rio's carnival kicks off with explosion of ... I'm very excited.” The first school to walk the famous avenue was Botafogo, which is related to the Rio de Janeiro football team of the same ...