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Carnivals

El Diablo on the streets of Portobelo, Panama.
Music
This Panamanian Carnival tradition manages to make blackface ‘playful’ and ’emancipatory’
Revelers from the Beija Flor samba school participate in the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome on February 17, 2015.
Culture
Why Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival may have danced to the beat of a dictator
Children carry banners inside a cage during a protest against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad near Damascus, February 15, 2015.
Culture
They’re just kids, but these Syrian protesters compare Assad to ISIS
An anti-World Cup "Roman" takes a breather after hours of singing and dancing at a Rio carnival party.
Global Politics
At Rio’s carnival, as long as you’re dancing, why not make it a protest
An anti-World Cup "Roman" takes a breather after hours of singing and dancing at a Rio carnival party.
Global Politics
At Rio’s carnival, as long as you’re dancing, why not make it a protest
Leandro Fregonesi
Arts, Culture & Media
From Rio, with love — here’s an ode to samba in pictures, music, words and video
Global Hit
Summer in ‘Another’ Global Village: London’s Carnival Steelpan Rehearsals
Arts, Culture & Media
Bloco do Sargento Pimenta: The Beatles Samba-Style
Arts, Culture & Media
Londoners Take to the Streets — To Party at Notting Hill Carnival
Arts, Culture & Media
Brazilian Telepathique
Arts, Culture & Media
Carnival in Brazil
JUMBIES AN’ MOKO-JUMBIES-
JUMBIES AN’ MOKO-JUMBIES-
Almanac: Crop Over Festival
Filmmaker Margaret Brown