The Beija-Flor samba school has been crowned winner of Rio de Janeiro's celebrated carnival parade competition. Thousand gathered at the city's giant Sambadrome arena to watch the top 12 samba schools battle it out for this year's title. Beija-Flor was crowned winner on Wednesday for the 15th time, narrowly beating second-placed Grande Rio.

The Beija-Flor samba school on Wednesday (March 5) was crowned champion of the iconic Rio de Janeiro Carnival, marking their 15th title. In this year's parade, the school paid homage to the late Luiz Fernando Ribeiro do Carmo,

After the double grand march at the conclusion of the Carnival season of almost two months, the monarchs of the Rex Organization and of the Mistick Krewe of Comus, founded respectively 1872 and 1857,

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When Carnival Cruise Line shared a celebratory new menu item rolling out on all its cruise ships, many passengers were excited. “Now another reason to book a cruise,” passenger James Starr wrote on Carnival Cruise Line Brand Ambassador John Heald’s Facebook post that revealed the new lunch option.

It’s that time of year in Rio de Janeiro: Carnival! Carnival in the Brazilian city has two sides: the street parties, known as blocos, and the parades at the legendary Sambadrome.

Carnival Cruise Line typically rotates the same (or very similar) dinner menus on its cruises. For example, the formal night menus are typically the same on cruises of comparable length. However, Carnival does have special menus on several holidays.

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Thanks so much for having me Brazil. Carnival is amazing and so special!” the “My Body” author captioned a series of photos showing her look.

Irina Shayk made her debut at Rio de Janeiro's Carnival festivities in a bedazzled skin-baring look and shared some snaps of her look to Instagram.