Noting Hill Carnival Kicks Off:  The Noting Hill Carnival returned to West London with vibrant performances, colorful costumes, and lively music as performers led the main parade, celebrating Caribbean culture and community spirit.


Noting Hill Carnival Kicks Off: Performers Take Over West London Parade 

The last night of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival the top samba schools captivate audiences at the marquee Sambadrome with their vibrant performances. The event featured elaborate floats and dazzling costumes, showcasing the creativity and energy of the revellers. Watch in for more details!

Rio carnival concludes with spectacular finale; revellers in dazzling costumes steal the show

Drag queens are a highlight of the Carnival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where they perform in galas and other events. The drag queen performances are a celebration of diversity and inclusion, and reflect the open and transgressive nature of the carnival.

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The Rio Carnival is in full swing, lighting up the streets with electrifying samba, breathtaking costumes, and massive, colorful floats. As the festival enters its fifth day, high-energy performances continue to mesmerize crowds, leading up to the grand Champions' Parade on Saturday. Don't miss the spectacle!

Rio carnival shines with samba, spectacle, and stunning floats

Belo Horizonte’s vibrant Carnival took a spiritual turn as revelers honored Lord Krishna through the Afro-Brazilian-inspired ‘Pena de Pavao de Krishna’ procession. The streets came alive with color, music, and devotion as Indian and Brazilian traditions beautifully merged, celebrating unity through dance and spirituality.

Indian spirituality meets Brazilian carnival as Krishna takes center stage

Brazilians are embracing the wild and messy fun of Paraty’s Mud Carnival, a unique tradition that began in 1986 when teenagers started playing in the mud. Now a major event, the festival combines lively parades with eccentric street parties, attracting thousands of revelers covered head to toe in mud.

Brazil’s mud carnival in Paraty blends tradition and festivity

Goa’s vibrant Carnival celebrations have begun, bringing the streets to life with dazzling parades, lively music, and delicious food. Rooted in Portuguese traditions, this festival is a grand spectacle of culture, dance, and entertainment. Tourists and locals alike are soaking in the festive spirit as Goa transforms into a carnival wonderland.

Goa’s carnival kicks off with parades, music, and festivities

Kumbh Mela Wraps Up with Shivratri - The world’s largest spiritual gathering comes to a grand conclusion with Mahashivratri, marking an auspicious farewell to the Kumbh Mela. 
Carnival Season Takes Over the World!

Shivratri at Maha Kumbh and carnivals worldwide

The Venice Carnival 2025 brings a vibrant display of masked revelers and grand floats, including a giant rat cruising through the Grand Canal. Spectators enjoy the colorful spectacle as boat-filled participants add to the excitement, showcasing Venice's rich carnival tradition.

Venice carnival 2025: Masked revellers celebrate Venice carnival

What were the Russian president, the Chinese president and Iran's president or leader doing on the streets of Germany? Watch to find out.

Germany: Sarcastic floats in annual carnival parade address current national and global issues

Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Al Khamenei in Germany's annual parade carnival

Salgueiro Samba School pays tribute to Brazil’s largest indigenous group at the carnival. With giant floats, costumes and songs based on the group’s ancient culture and traditions, the samba school sought to draw attention to the devastating effects of illegal mining inside Yano-Mami territory.

Salgueiro Samba School pays tribute to the Yanomami tribe

With the clock ticking down to what has been called the biggest party on Earth, Brazilian dancer Pedro H. Gaspar confesses he is "excited... and tired." Tired from long months of intense rehearsals.

'Carnival is here': Rio prepares for world's biggest party

The Carnival season is kicked off in the German city of Cologne. Thousands of revelers in fact took to the streets to commemorate the beginning of the party season. People counted down the seconds exactly at 11 minutes past 11.

Carnival season casts its spell over party animals in Cologne, Germany

The organisers of Notting Hill carnival have said they “deplore all acts of violence” after a number of stabbings at the festival on its final day.

Eight stabbed after Notting Hill carnival concludes

After an interruption that lasted two years due to the pandemic, carnival returned to the streets of Bissau bringing together all ethnic groups in a show of colour and unity. Here's a report from Guinea-Bissau.

World of Africa: Carnival returns to the streets of Bissau

Carnival returns to the streets of Bissau

The Belgian Carnival returns after a two-year hiatus of Covid-1. Around a thousand performers clad in traditional costumes.

The return of Belgian Carnival after Covid

Rio de Janeiro's annual Carnival kicked off late on February 17 as costumed performers danced the night away during the first parades in the Sambadrome. Watch this video to know more.

Hundreds throng Rio De Janeiro, carnival festivities in Brazil begin

Filled with sequins, samba and glitter, the famous carnival parades will kick off in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, bringing the first full-on-edition of the festival held since the bitter elections of Brazil and Covid-19, to its climax.

Rio to kick off its famous carnival parades amid glitter and samba

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Dancers and musicians took part in a carnival in Lagos, Nigeria. Called Fanti carnival, the event is a yearly tradition usually held on the first day of the year and was inspired by former migrants who returned from brazil to Lagos in the 19th century.

World of Africa: Nigerians kick-start 2023 with a colourful carnival

Rio's elite samba schools returned to the Sambadrome on April 23 for the second night of competition in Brazil's largest Carnival.

Day Two: Rio's elite samba schools shine at Carnival

Brazil has celebrated its first carnival since the pandemic began. Elegance & Extravagance took over the carnival as people rejoiced and had fun.

Elegance & Extravagance take over the carnival as Brazil celebrates its first carnival since the pandemic

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