Carpinterians Carie Smith, left, and Sheila Hess, right, traveled to Brazil to visit former Rotary foreign exchange student ...

Lagos Island came alive on Easter Sunday as the Fanti Carnival made its much-anticipated return, rekindling the vibrant Afro-Brazilian heritage that has long been a cornerstone of the city’s cultural ...

Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, ...

Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, ...

Both festivals - Mardi Gras in New Orleans or Rio de Janeiro Carnival - fire up bucket lists like few other events around the world, but which one will you partake in first? Our experts help you ...

Advertisement Then evening fell, a Brazilian named Joao Fonseca entered the building, and a bad day turned into a tennis night out for the gods. The Fonseca fanatics came from as close as downtown ...

According to the latest issue of the Infogripe bulletin from the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), large crowds during the upcoming Carnival festivities may lead to increased ...

Rio de Janeiro’s street carnival parades may be off but other ... Saturday’s parades featured an unprecedented item: face masks. Other than that, drums and cymbals sounded again as fervent ...

Dominica’s Carnival product is expected to be enhanced through a mask making workshop which ended at the Old Mill Cultural Center last weekend. Twenty-two adults and 12 children took part in the ...