While carnival costumes are often rich in sequins and bold ... the home of Lampião and his outlaws. Other samba schools competing for the title went for the brightly coloured feathers usually ...

Brazil's most famous carnival celebrations have taken place in Rio de Janeiro. More than 70,000 people gathered at the city's huge concrete arena known as the Sambadrome, where samba schools ...

Performers wear elaborate, colourful costumes and dance to lively samba music. The world famous carnival sees partygoers lining the streets of Rio's Copacabana and Ipanema beaches to dance ...

Carnival goers can also opt to participate themselves by joining one of the available samba schools. All they have to do is purchase one of the official costumes listed on the website. However ...

In the first dance session pupils will show off their imaginary carnival costumes before performing flag-waving patterns and learning some simple moves based on samba. Go to the Teacher's Notes to ...

Samba school Salgueiro was crowned champion of Rio's fiercely competitive Carnival parades on Wednesday ... scores for the schools' floats, costumes and how well they moved through the half ...