A Carnival party in Paraty swaps glitter and costumes for mud, as crowds cover themselves in gray sludge and celebrate as one group.

Veteran Carnival fans in Rio say the party is fun, but it also takes planning and endurance. On Sunday, the festival marks ...

By Lisandra Paraguassu, Ricardo Brito and Janaina Quinet BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - When Brazilian President ...

As Oscar season heats up, the Brazilian city of Recife turns Carnival into a celebration of its hometown film hopeful, The Secret Agent.

Rio de Janeiro on Sunday kicks off three days of dazzling carnival parades with a tribute to President Luiz Inacio Lula da ...

With Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on Saturday gave it another ...

Dozens of dogs dressed as alligators, fairies and superheroes gathered Saturday at a Rio de Janeiro Carnival street party as ...

It's not the first time Brazilian police officers wore costumes to stop phone thieves. Last Sunday, officers dressed as "Ghostbusters" characters caught a woman with 12 cellphones stolen in downtown ...

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is for the uninitiated an energetic spectacle of joy, beauty and just-let-it-go. But for revelers ...

Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has won giant slalom, earning the first-ever medal at the Winter Games for any country in ...

Mud-covered revelers took over the beach in Paraty, Brazil, on Saturday as part of a Carnival tradition that has grown steadily since it began 40 years ago. In the seaside town near the country’s ...