The Carnival of El Callao, practised in communities of Venezuela, is associated with emancipation celebrations in French-speaking islands of the Caribbean. Running from January to March, it features ...

As he rang his church bell, Hidalgo delivered a battle cry that is now known as the El Grito ... vendors, carnival attractions and community resources. Applications to march in the parade, be ...

Rio de Janeiro hosts extravagant samba parades featuring giant floats ... UNESCO has recognized El Callao's Carnival as an ...

“Everything is already happening in the city, there are parties every weekend, there are parties in the streets, so prohibiting them during carnival doesn’t make any sense,” he said.

On Feb. 26, just three days before the start of Carnival, Bangalafumenga, a bloco founded in 1998, announced it would not parade this year. “We have decided that we will not simply go with the flow, ...