Events take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s most cosmopolitan city. All the main samba competitions between rival dance schools and parades take place in the Sambadrome – a purpose-built ...

The show at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach was the final ... is crowned champion of the highly contested event held at Rio's Sambadrome. Indigenous communities were celebrated at the Sambadrome ...

Rio de Janeiro's colourful and energetic Carnival ... Six of Rio's top samba schools paraded down the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí on Sunday evening. One samba school paid tribute to the ...

In Rio de Janeiro, the Pedra do Sal neighbourhood ... The best samba schools compete in spectacular parades at the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí, a long avenue lined with open-air bleachers ...