OPINION: It’s carnival week in Rio de Janeiro, where vibrant parades feature music, dancers and a huge dose of history. Here’s some Afro-Brazilian history from some of the most legendary Afro-carnival ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than two dozen countries make up the Caribbean, each with its own vernacular, history, food, and culture. Despite these ...

Mardi Gras was made to be enjoyed rather than studied, but the last quarter-century has seen more books published on the celebration than in the preceding century and a half. And that’s without taking ...

From Canada to Rio — on just about every continent there's some kind of Carnival celebration. It's known as the world's biggest celebration. In the U.S. Virgin Islands, Carnival is a birthright. "I ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - If you’ve ever been to the Bourbon Street Awards of Fat Tuesday, you know it’s the place to find some of the most detailed, exquisite and over-the-top costumes -- just part of the ...

Cartledge “Cart” Blackwell has worked as the curator of the Mobile Carnival Museum since 2018. A native of Selma, Blackwell is an art and architectural historian who serves on Mobile’s Architectural ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - The city's oldest restaurant is also home to four rooms of Mardi Gras memorabilia, and the connection between Carnival and Antoine's Restaurant on St. Louis Street in the ...

Mardi Gras. It's more than parades rolling in catching throws. It's part of who we are in New Orleans celebration that defines us as a city, and canceling Mardi Gras is almost unheard off. But ...

More than two dozen countries make up the Caribbean, each with its own vernacular, history, food, and culture. Despite these distinctions, one tradition connects every island—Carnival. Born from the ...