Members of the Padre Miguel samba school performing at the Sambadrome during Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS ...

Carnival goers can also opt to participate themselves by joining one of the available samba schools. All they have to do is purchase one of their chosen school’s official costumes and rehearse ...

Carnival celebrates vibrant global traditions, blending history, resistance, and cultural expression through music, dance, ...

But Carnival's main event is the Sambadrome — the be-all, end-all. On this 700-meter (nearly half-mile) concrete avenue, samba schools compete to put on the best parade with feathered, shimmering ...

Subtle hand signs likewise coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of the glitzy Carnival parades in ... will be eager to see flamboyant costumes, towering floats and jaw-dropping ...

THEY are the gorgeous, glittering Samba dancers who steal ... heart-pounding Rio Carnival are once again preparing to don their spectacular costumes and strut their stuff in front of millions ...

As one of Rio’s 12 top-tier samba schools ... she fixed details on several costumes, some bearing the school’s traditional red and white colors. “When Carnival comes, it offers opportunities ...