Rio's hotly contested carnival parade has been won by the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school with its tribute to a Brazilian outlaw from the early 20th Century which many compare to Robin Hood.

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, February 11. /TASS/. Russian female dancer Yuliana Titaeva will participate in the samba schools parade at the carnival in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro for the second year a row.

This year's Rio Carnival has been ... Beija Flor beat 12 other schools to win the top prize at the carnival for a 14th time. Preparations for the parade begin months in advance.

Rio Carnival is one of the biggest ... 10 11 and 12 February running from 9pm to 3am. Each samba school has 80 minutes to parade down the strip to the Sambadrome with six to eight groups taking ...

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King Momo” opened the Rio de Janeiro Carnival on Friday at a festive ceremony where he was presented with the keys to the city, which for five days will dance to the beat of the samba to ...

Rio Carnival is a huge colourful party that ... Extravagantly-decorated floats are a key part of the Samba parade. Each samba school picks a theme and more than 100 dancers take part in each ...

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.

But today, the caramel-colored mutts of Brazil are having a major moment. The “vira-lata caramelo” (literally: caramel ...

The Rio Carnival really took off from the 1920s ... While ticket-holding spectators watch the samba schools parade, many more Rio locals – known as cariocas – and tourists take part in ...