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Brazil, Oscar and Carnival

Brazil’s Oscar Win for ‘I’m Still Here’ Just Made for the Craziest Carnival Ever

The best international feature Academy Award for Walter Salles’ timely drama backdropped the annual celebrations and validated a political movement: “It’s hard to put into words just how big of a moment this is.

The Manila Times on MSN · 23h

First Oscar for Brazil adds zest to Rio Carnival extravaganza

Rio de Janeiro's massive Sambadrome erupted in noisy celebrations Sunday (Monday in Manila) as the news broke that Brazil won its first Oscar, in the middle of the first day of its famous samba parades.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat · 11h

Oscar fever for Brazil's Fernanda Torres has made her this year's Carnival muse

Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

Samba, Carnival and Rio de Janeiro

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Rio Carnival: Samba schools light up the Sambadrome

This year, the “special group” parades over three days instead of the usual two, with four samba schools taking the stage each night. The Sambadrome, a symbol of Brazil's Carn

Associated Press · 3h

Rio’s top samba schools parade at the Sambadrome on second night of Carnival

The Carnival is in full swing as music, glam and glee continue to dominate the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Samba school Unidos da Tijuca opened the festivities on Monday night with an afro-Brazilian religious theme,

The Washington Post · 1d

A samba school rises to Rio Carnival's top league, bringing an economic boom to its poor residents

Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, on Rio de Janeiro’s west side, but this year there’s even more, with its Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school back in the top parade leagu

Carnival 2025: Highlights from Brazil’s street parties

Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Follow AP reporters and photographers ...

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Carnival 2025 samba queens set Rio ablaze in jaw-dropping costumes: PHOTOS

The Rio Carnival 2025 kicked off on Sunday night, March 2. The annual festival is renowned for its vibrant samba parades, ...

The Rio Carnival is an economic and tourism boon for Brazil

The festivities, which take place in Brazil from February 28 to March 8, attract tens of thousands of people and generate ...

The Latest: From small dogs to big cats, a day inside Brazil's wild Carnival parties

For almost two decades, hundreds of dogs in the upscale Barra da Tijuca region in Rio de Janeiro have wagged their tails to ...

A Rio Carnival parade will tell the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake

A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century as a means to spotlight trans people’s struggle in Brazil, where more of them ...

The Latest: A day inside Brazil's wild Carnival parties

One of Saturday’s popular early-morning street parties is Friends of the Jaguar, on a beach looking across the water at Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain. Thousands of revelers are here, all decked ...

Experience the world’s biggest party in Rio de Janeiro

The world’s biggest party is back as Carnival celebrations return to Brazil. The ’ David Biller talks through why the ...

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Families, revelers party side-by-side in traditional Carnival in Sao Paulo town

During Carnival, the small Brazilian town of Sao Luiz do Paraitinga’s calm everyday life transforms into a joyful party known ...

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