The Viradouro samba school wins the Rio 2024 Carnival, securing its third title, in a dazzling display of color and culture. This year’s carnival saw several samba schools paying tribute to Afro ...

The school scored 399 points out of a possible 400 to win its ninth title and first since 1993. In second place with 398 points was Beija-Flor, which had won five of the previous six years and ...

The second-placed school also criticised Brazilian leaders in their entry, depicting President Michel Temer as a vampire. Brazil samba schools go political Michel Temer: A master of survival ...

Rio de Janeiro's top 13 samba schools are gearing up for carnival and the parade at Rio's Sambadrome where they will compete on 11 and 12 February to be crowned carnival champions. Ninety-thousand ...

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.

Sequence 3: Samba school moves. Stay with group and travel through the spaces together with hip-swinging step pattern. A Carnival whistle cues the groups to perform special samba moves from the ...