Carnival
São Paulo kicks off Brazil’s Carnival 2023 parades
São Paulo, South America's largest city, kicked off Brazil's Carnival 2023 on Friday night, with the traditional samba school...
Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2023 officially kicks off
The mayor of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, handed over...
Rio’s Carnival: popular tickets sell out in less than 2 hours
The 13,000 popular tickets for the bleachers of Sectors 12 and 13 of Marquês de Sapucaí sold out in less than two hours.
The pre-sale...
Rio de Janeiro expects to attract 5 million people to its street carnival
Rio de Janeiro's street carnival this year should attract five million people and move 1 billion reais (US$200 million),...
Rio de Janeiro’s City Council passes law banning fireworks
The Rio de Janeiro City Council approved in definitive form this Tuesday (Dec. 6) the project that prohibits the...
Brazil: São Paulo City Hall already admits not to hold “Carnival in July”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - São Paulo's street carnival, known as Esquenta Carnaval, scheduled...
Carnaval shines again in Brazil after two years of absence due to Covid-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's traditional Carnaval returned after two years of suspension due to the health crisis caused by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The country's most famous festival returned to the sambadromes at...
Brazil: Carnaval is reborn at Rio’s sambadrome after two years of pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The cement and steel structures of Rio's sambadrome came to life again after two years of involuntary sleep due to the pandemic when the first school stepped onto Marquês de...
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro to block traffic for Carnaval samba school parade
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For the samba school parade, the interdictions and traffic detours in the central region and Campinhos, in the northern...
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro will have at least 80 Carnaval blocks for a fee
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Rio de Janeiro City will have at least 80 private Carnaval blocks next week. These events began on Thursday, February 24, and will run until Friday, March 3. In January,...
Brazil: Carnaval moves US$760 million in Rio de Janeiro’s economy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A study released today (18) by the city of Rio de Janeiro shows that Carnaval brings R$4 billion (US$760) to the economy of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
This figure...
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