Tag: Carnaval

Portela became Rio Carnaval's champion telling the tragedy of a collapsed dam - Fernando Frazão/ABr

Rio Carnaval Gets Serious with Tragic Story of a Broken Dam

  In 2015, the collapse of mining company Samarco’s dams at a mine in ...

Rio Carnaval Parade Celebrating the Amazon Indians Leaves Big Farm Livid

Rio’s Carnaval festivities were threatened this year by a spat pitting a well-known parade ...

For a Time, Brazil’s Samba Was a Weapon Against the Dictatorship

As the world gets into the Carnaval spirit, we look at how Brazilian music ...

Donald Trump: an Improbable Hit of Brazil’s Carnaval

President Donald Trump has become one of the new stars of Brazil’s Carnaval, with ...

In Brazil, the Carnaval Seems to Be Over. Next Stop: Hangover

Carnaval in the historic Brazilian city of Olinda is a non-stop, noisy affair that ...

Brazil: Another Carnaval Is Over in Rio. Time to Clean Up the Mess

A street vendor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, says that working during Carnaval is ...

It’s Carnaval: For 5 Days Brazilians Are Encouraged to Drink, Dance and Have Sex

Since Friday the world’s largest street party is going on in Brazil. In Rio ...

The Only Thing I Miss About Brazil Is the Craziness of Carnaval

Though I frequently reminisce about the ‘old days’ living in Brazil (I relocated to ...

Fire Destroys Thousands of Carnaval Costumes in Rio Causing US$ 4.2 Million in Losses

At least four warehouses, an escola de samba (samba club) and a Carnaval museum ...