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

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

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

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 ...

Since sunset, she has been busy sewing, gluing and weaving bits of costume ... wearing a samba hat. It's his assistant. “We’re partners on the rope, and partners at Carnival!

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 ...