From Salvador, on Brazil's northeast coast ... Soon enough, trios were the centerpiece of the city's Carnival. They started featuring Bahia’s top artists, like Veloso, who clambered aboard ...

Brazil's top samba schools took part in Carnival celebrations across Sambadromes in São Paulo and Rio De Janeiro on Saturday night, with thousands of performers and fans dancing into the early ...

At least 40 people have been killed in flooding and landslides in Brazil's São Paulo ... who was spending the carnival weekend in the north-eastern state of Bahia, visited the affected areas ...