A fire in a Rio de Janeiro factory shattered the dreams of three samba schools, whose costumes were destroyed 16 days before Carnival.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Revellers from Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school perform during the first night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 22, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares ...

A fire broke out Wednesday at a factory making costumes for Rio de Janeiro's Carnival, injuring 21 people in a blow to the ...

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 ...

The street carnival begins on February ... the city also hosts the Intendente Magalhães parade, a space in the northern zone of Rio where smaller samba schools present themselves.

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 ...

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.