Rio’s Carnival can feel like ten festivals happening at once because it basically is. The easiest way to enjoy it on your first trip is to split your time between daytime street blocos and one big, ...
Musicians from Cordão do Boi Tolo fill Rio’s streets with lively "marchinhas" (Fernando Frazão Agência Brasil/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News). A group of Cordão do Boi Tolo performers in ...
Carnival researcher Tiago Ribeiro notes that in 2009, Rio experienced a “shock of order.” “Carnival was growing, and criticism about the increasing number of blocos was rising,” Ribeiro said. He ...
"Carnival is democratic," said Willians Medeiros, an organizer of Sao Paulo's Bloco MinhoQueens, which has dropped several songs. "It has to be entertaining for everyone, not for just some." On the ...
From spectacular parades to non-stop street parties across the city, Rio Carnival is one of the most liberating parties on the planet ...