http://www.mail.com/subjects/518894-carnivals.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/518894-carnivals.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1887570-ap-photos-fat-tuesday-celebrated-world.html From sequin-drenched samba parades in Rio de Janeiro to cascades of Mardi Gras beads on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, revelers gathered to dance until dawn at Fat Tuesday celebrations. The Roman Catholic period of Lent begins on Wednesday and Fat Tuesday marks the end of the carnival festivities that lead to the solemn season. Here is a look at some of t... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1887570-ap-photos-fat-tuesday-celebrated-world.html 2013-02-12T21:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1884984-rio-de-janeiros-samba-schools-vie-title.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival revelers danced until dawn on Tuesday as Rio de Janeiro's samba schools held their annual sequin-drenched parade competitions at the city's iconic Sambadrome. The all-night-long parade saw six top-tier samba schools deploy powerful percussion sections, larger-than-life floats and battalions of nearly nude samba dancers. Tens... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1884984-rio-de-janeiros-samba-schools-vie-title.html 2013-02-12T19:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1886164-carnival-float-catches-fire-killing-4-brazil.html SAO PAULO (AP) — A fire on a Carnival float has killed four people and injured five in the Brazilian port city of Santos. A fire department official says the float caught fire shortly after the Sangue Jovem samba school ended its parade at dawn on Tuesday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. ... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1886164-carnival-float-catches-fire-killing-4-brazil.html 2013-02-12T12:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1885432-rio-teacher-to-prove-gringos-samba-too.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With their gyrating hips and feet that move so fast they dissolve into a blur, samba instructor Carla Campos' students are barely distinguishable from the swarms of scantily clad dancers in Rio de Janeiro's Carnival parades. What's make them different is where they come from: abroad. While non-Brazilians have long shelled out hundred... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1885432-rio-teacher-to-prove-gringos-samba-too.html 2013-02-12T12:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1883514-orleans-revelers-face-soggy-to-carnival.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carnival parades managed to roll Sunday in New Orleans despite bad weather, but revelers might not be so lucky on Monday. Parades planned for Fat Monday, or Lundi Gras (LUHN-dee grah), are threatened by more rain in the forecast. That includes the Krewe of Orpheus, the star-studded group led by entertainer Harry Connick Jr. It was sched... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1883514-orleans-revelers-face-soggy-to-carnival.html 2013-02-11T15:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1882714-hundreds-toil-months-rios-carnival-parade.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There's nothing glamorous about the industrial warehouse reverberating with the zap of soldering metal, the clatter of hammers and an earsplitting whine of a circular saw, or in the sweat-drenched workers toiling in the midafternoon summer heat among huge bolts of cloth and heavy-duty sewing machines. Yet it's from warehouses like th... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1882714-hundreds-toil-months-rios-carnival-parade.html 2013-02-11T06:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1881072-rios-samba-dancers-stars-night-workers-day.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It's a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company's drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she dazzles as a scantily clad samba school dancer in over-the-top performances glittery enough for a Hollywood musical. Like many samba dancers, or "passistas" as they'... Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1881072-rios-samba-dancers-stars-night-workers-day.html 2013-02-10T07:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1880324-brazils-carnival-moves-samba.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The crowd gathering Saturday was a typical Rio Carnival mix: a sprinkling of superheroes, girls in cute bunny outfits, zombies and princesses, a group of hairy-chested hula dancers. But the sound sure wasn't samba. "You and I must make a pact," a high-pitched voice sang in English, soaring above the crowd. "We must bring salvation ba... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1880324-brazils-carnival-moves-samba.html 2013-02-09T18:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1877834-carnival-fever-seizes-rio-seek-escape.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As samba queens get final touch-ups on their sequins and feathers and hundreds of thousands of revelers take command of Rio's streets for Carnival's opening on Friday, Leo Name is hunkering down. The self-avowed Carnival Scrooge has stocked up on frozen TV dinners and hopes he won't have to set foot outside his apartment during the five days of festivit... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1877834-carnival-fever-seizes-rio-seek-escape.html 2013-02-08T15:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1865762-argentine-music-troupes-launch-carnival-parades.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's carnival celebrations may not be as well-known as the ones in neighboring Uruguay and Brazil, but residents of the nation's capital are equally passionate about their "murgas," or traditional musical troupes. The more than 100 murgas in Buenos Aires launched their annual festivities over the weekend in a last blo... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1865762-argentine-music-troupes-launch-carnival-parades.html 2013-02-03T20:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862470-bolivia-mining-town-erects-huge-statue-virgin.html ORURO, Bolivia (AP) — The Carnival celebrations in this Andean mining city already rival Brazil's Rio de Janeiro for color and culture, if not for size. Now Oruro has erected a huge statue of the Virgin Mary that's a little taller than Rio's famed Christ the Redeemer. Oruro formally dedicated the new statue Friday as it kicked off its Carnival celebration... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862470-bolivia-mining-town-erects-huge-statue-virgin.html 2013-02-01T17:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860022-haiti-snake-artist-uses-carnival-to.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Saintilus Resilus' day job this time of year is walking the streets of Haiti's capital with snakes on his head. He sees himself as something of a performance artist, showing off with snakes and other animals that Haitians don't see every day, earning tips from impromptu audiences during the pre-Lenten Carnival season. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860022-haiti-snake-artist-uses-carnival-to.html 2013-01-31T20:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1831566-rebellious-macedonian-village-stages-carnival.html VEVCANI, Macedonia (AP) — The tiny Macedonian town of Vevcani boasts its own constitution, its own currency and a passport emblazoned with a golden coat of arms. They are a tongue-in-cheek expression of the village's historical defiance of authority -- and were born of a symbolic declaration of independence. But beneath the mockery lies a real rebellious ... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1831566-rebellious-macedonian-village-stages-carnival.html 2013-01-19T06:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1830308-with-olympics-mind-rios-love-hotels-clean-up.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One worker strips mirrored paneling off the ceiling, as another pries up the fiberglass shell of a whirlpool bath. A third man takes a sledgehammer to a life-size statue of Venus de Milo posing topless with a swirl of plaster robes hanging from her waist. The Shalimar love hotel is going family-friendly. Like about a third of the cit... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1830308-with-olympics-mind-rios-love-hotels-clean-up.html 2013-01-18T17:06:00Z