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A day inside Brazil's wild Carnival parties

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

Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Carnival kicked off Friday afternoon, with Saturday marking the first full day of the pre-Lenten festivities.

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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 out in leopard- and jaguar-print clothing.

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Carnival kicks off in Brazil

Carnival got into full swing Friday night, with events sweeping the nation. In Sao Paulo, 14 samba schools compete to be the city's champions of this year's celebration.

Rio Carnival crowd reacts

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Rio Carnival crowd reacts after ‘I’m Still Here’ wins Oscar for best international film

Crowd reacts at the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro after ‘I’m Still Here’ won the best international film award for Brazil’s first Oscar in the category.

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'I'm Still Here' Makes History as First Brazilian Film to Win Best International Feature

I'm Still Here' Makes History as First Brazilian Film to Win Best International Feature By Isabel Teles and Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian movie "I Am Still Here", set against the backdrop of the military dictatorship and recounting the true story of a mother of five whose husband disappears,

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Brazil's 'I'm Still Here' wins best international film Oscar

The film tells the true story of Eunice Paiva's struggle to uncover the truth about her husband's forced disappearance in 1971.

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Families and revelers party side-by-side in a traditional Carnival in Sao Paulo's countryside

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

Brazil's carnival kicks off with samba parades in Sao Paulo

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

Transgender woman Alessandra Salazary, 31, hosts a Carnival contest in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. Credit: AP/Silvia Izquierdo Brazil remains the world’s deadliest country for ...

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.

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Meet the gorgeous Brazilian Samba dancers set to steal the show at the Rio Carnival

THEY are the gorgeous, glittering Samba dancers who steal the show at the greatest party on the planet. The queens and muses who light up the jaw-dropping, heart-pounding Rio Carnival are once ...