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Four decades later, and a crowd is gathered at the same venue in this sweating, sprawling cityknown as the Araneta Coliseumfor a very different contest: a basketball game between two…
The wild and colorful costumes and masquerades that precede the Christian season of Lent have created popular festival traditions in Spain and Portugal. One of Portugal’s most famous Carnival events…
A procession of colorful floats and samba dancers in Rio de Janeiro may be what comes to mind when talking about carnival, but the annual celebration is far from limited…
At least 20 people on a music group’s packed Carnival float in the Haitian capital were killed Tuesday when they were electrocuted by a power line, officials said. – Hundreds…
Thousands of dancers hit the streets of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro this weekend to celebrate the first days of the country’s Carnival festivities. The 5-day long party kicked off on…
The celebration known as Carnival has no singular description. In Trinidad and Tobago, it’s celebrated between June and July, sometimes with participants rubbing down their bodies with mud and paint….
Flexibility, a strong sense of adventure and a costume on Fat Tuesday will help Mardi Gras visitors make the most of it. While the Crescent City is never entirely predictable…
Janurary 6, 2015 – Carnival celebrations begin with various parades that continue through midnight on Fat Tuesday, February 17th, 2015. Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday, is also known as…