The Viradouro samba school has won Rio de Janeiro's hotly contested Carnival parade competition with its tribute to black women. Viradouro was the last samba school to parade in the two-day ...

An image of Jesus lays amid costume pieces at the "Unidos de Padre Miguel" samba school as members prepare for their Carnival ...

Samba school Salgueiro was crowned champion of Rio's fiercely competitive Carnival parades on Wednesday ... Salgueiro's parade theme centered on the history of the "drum" and its importance ...

Performers from the Salgueiro samba school parade during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday. The Associated Press Carnival dancers have taken the biggest ...

Rio Carnival is one of the biggest ... 10 11 and 12 February running from 9pm to 3am. Each samba school has 80 minutes to parade down the strip to the Sambadrome with six to eight groups taking ...

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The venue is where 13 samba schools (from the ‘Special Group’) parade competitively each year during the Rio Carnival. Lined with tiered seating, the Sambadrome is a 700-metre stretch along ...

Brazil's most famous carnival celebrations have taken place in Rio de Janeiro. More than 70,000 people gathered at the city's huge concrete arena known as the Sambadrome, where samba schools ...

Get ready for an unforgettable celebration as the Cape Town Carnival returns to the Mother City on 15 March 2025.

Sequence 2: Carnival parade. In samba school groups to parade round the edge of the room to perform the complete carnival dance - paired flag waving, group follow-the-leader and themed carnival dance.