RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil ... clown-inspired costumes. They race through local streets, bashing large balls on the ground, to a frenetic mix of funk, fireworks and fun. Men have long dominated ...

The Brazilian ... This includes the men who push the ornate floats on which men and women sing and dance, to the drum players, and the queens of each school whose decadent costumes and precise ...

Thousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, vibrancy and colours of Brazil's Rio Carnival ... of young men in striking ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil ... clown-inspired costumes. They race through local streets, bashing large balls on the ground, to a frenetic mix of funk, fireworks and fun. Men have long dominated ...