Carnival Rio

Rio's Carnival In Miniature

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 02.28.2012

Using tilt-shift techniques, filmmakers Keith Loutit and Jarbas Agnelli made Rio's Carnival look as if it were happening in miniature. Their short fil...

PHOTOS: Just In Time For Carnival, A Beginner's Guide To Rio

AP | By JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 02.15.2012

RIO DE JANEIRO -- "Brazil is not for beginners," the late, great Brazilian composer Tom Jobim once quipped. Nowhere does the remark hold more true tha...

PHOTOS: Rio's Biggest Party Kicks Off

AP | By JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Juliana Barbassa, Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO -- Revelers are packing streets and dancing to samba beats in this seaside city's Carnival celebrat...

Carnival Crackdown: Rio Reins It In For World's Greatest Party

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

RIO DE JANEIRO — Carnival erupted Friday in Rio with raucous street parties that brought together cheering, drum-beating locals with sweaty fore...

Carnival: Brazil Handing Out 55 Million Condoms

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

RIO DE JANERIO — Brazilian health officials have kicked off an AIDS awareness campaign and will hand out 55 million condoms during the annual Ca...

Brazil's Best Job: Painting Nude Carnival Models

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

RIO DE JANEIRO — Betto Almeida is the Mr. Lucky of Rio's Carnival. The 36-year-old artist awakes at 8 a.m. Has a little breakfast. Survives a c...