Tag: Carnaval

Disrobed Women, Alcohol, Floats. World’s Biggest Street Party Is on in Brazil

Brazil beauties with nothing for clothing but sequins led Carnaval parades lasting until dawn ...

Arrastão, the trio elétrico that ends Salvador's Carnaval

The Other Champions of Brazil’s Carnaval: Violence and Death

Carnaval in Brazil is a time of excesses: excess of fun, music, drinks, drugs ...

New York City Center shopping mall in Rio, Brazil

Brazil: Lack of Tourists Makes Rio’s Shops Sing the Blues This Carnaval

The Brazilian airports' crisis, which reduced the number of domestic tourists in Brazil, is ...

A Pierrot in Rio mourning for little boy killed by robbers

Little Boy’s Death Mars Brazil’s Carnaval

This year, the happiest party on earth, Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, isn't ...

A samba school parades in Rio's Sambódromo, in Brazil

Brazil’s Carnaval Coming Live to Your Computer Directly from Rio

Those all over the world who love Brazilian Carnaval will have a chance this ...

Brazil’s Biggest Show on Earth Is Also a Way to Keep Blacks in Their Place

This past January (2006) I noted the sudden barrage of naked negra/mulata flesh on ...

Brazil’s Carnaval: Easy on the Eyes, Hard on the Heart

Seven of Rio’s top-tier samba groups wrapped up their parading Monday morning, driving out ...

Carnaval Biz: It Brings Close to US$ 500,000 to Rio, Brazil

The Rio de Janeiro Carnaval celebration, in Brazil, is certainly spectacular. It is also ...

Brazil: Rio’s Sambadrome Is Already Alive with the Carnaval Sounds

Fireworks explode over the packed parade stadium, samba drums erupt and thousands of dancers ...

20 Minutes and Tickets for Brazil’s Carnaval Were Gone

Tickets for Rio’s famous Carnaval parade, the centerpiece of Brazil’s annual pre-Lenten festival, sold ...