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A German artist known for his carnival floats that satirise politicians has been sentenced in absentia to eight years and six months in jail...
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World
From Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, no one is safe when Germans celebrate carnival with floats that satirise politicians.
World
Rio de Janeiro on Sunday kicks off three days of dazzling carnival parades with a tribute to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that...
Life
Samba dancers and drummers fine-tune their rhythms for a grassroots carnival parade few tourists have heard of.
World
The face of the Brazilian president is omnipresent as a samba school rehearses its Carnival parade in front of thousands of spectators chanting the...
World
In a busy workshop, Leandro Vieira oversees preparations for Rio de Janeiro’s dazzling Carnival parade, where his samba school will celebrate the spiritual richness...
World
Revellers dressed in glitzy, colourful costumes danced down the streets of Calabar, southern Nigeria, this weekend as giant speakers blasted out Afrobeats for one...
World
As carnival celebrations are held across the globe, more than two dozen craftsmen in a quaint studio in northern Albania put the final touches...
Entertainment
After weeks of sweaty, pulsating street parties, the Rio Carnival reaches its crescendo this Sunday with its main event.
Entertainment
With the clock ticking down to what has been called the biggest party on Earth, Brazilian dancer Pedro H. Gaspar confesses he is “excited…...