In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, "passista," or samba dancer Diana Prado performs in a carnival parade at central station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A call center supervisor by day the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Swathed in nothing but a sprinkling of sequins and a puff of feathers, Rio de Janeiro's samba group dancers are the star attractions of the world's most iconic Carnival celebrations.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company’s drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she dazzles ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Carnival, long a symbol of youth, beauty and sex, added a mature twist early Tuesday by giving two women in their 40s a chance to dance nearly nude at the head of their samba ...

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It was the last rehearsal of the Vila Isabel samba school at the famed Sambadrome, and Natalia Guimaraes, Miss Brazil 2007, wondered if she was truly ready for Carnival. She surveyed the high-energy ...

WITH A dizzying swirl of gyrating samba dancers and pulsating music, Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival is one of the world’s biggest and most flamboyant celebrations. Thousands of dancers, many wearing little ...

THEY are the gorgeous, glittering Samba dancers who steal the show at the greatest party on the planet. The queens and muses who light up the jaw-dropping, heart-pounding Rio Carnival are once again ...

Ahead of the annual, world-famous Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Attico Rooftop on South Broad will throw a celebration inspired by the Brazilian festival. On Sunday, Feb. 9, the bar on top of the ...

Thousands of samba dancers have been seen partying in Brazil for the opening of the city's world-famous carnival. The country's 12 top samba schools kicked off the annual parade competition in the ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — Swathed in nothing but a sprinkling of sequins and a puff of feathers, Rio de Janeiro’s samba group dancers are the star attractions of the world’s most iconic Carnival ...