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Brazil's Bolsonaro, Who Downplayed Covid, Against Carnival Resumption
President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday he was against Brazil resuming carnival celebrations in February, a rare nod to Covid-19 social distancing measures from the far-right leader.
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No Vaccine, No Carnival, Warn Rio's Samba Schools Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Some of Rio's biggest samba schools say they will not participate in next year's Carnival unless a coronavirus vaccine is widely available, Brazilian media reported Tuesday.
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Brazil's President Tweets Video Of A Man Urinating On Another In Carnival
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has sparked shock and outrage by tweeting a video showing one man urinating on another during his country's massive annual street carnival.
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Bollywood In Brazil: When Indians Took To The Carnival In Sao Paulo
Bloco Bollywood is the fusion of these two popular trends. It's the annual event in the time of carnival, when the Indian community takes to the streets to dance to Bollywood songs and bhangra drum beats.
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Rio Olympics 2016 Set For Gala Opening, All Roads Lead to Maracana
Some 50,000 spectators are expected at Olympic Games 2016 while more than 3 billion people tune in around the world as Brazil host their second major sporting event in two years, after the 2014 FIFA World Cup
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In Zika-Stricken Brazil, A Carnival Of Flesh And Feasting - For The Mosquitoes
For the next few nights, Tuane Rocha, a tall, radiant samba queen, will be dancing naked in the streets of this city, wearing only body paint.
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Carnival Opens In Rio, Defying Growing Zika Fears
Rio's Carnival -- a five day festival of dancing, bared flesh and wild costumes -- go underway in the face of warnings that the Zika virus might make even kissing dangerous.
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For Brazil's Carnival Fans, Even Zika Can't Stop The Party
Brazilian Carnival could be called a hungry mosquito's dream, five days of non-stop street parties that bring together millions of revelers in an inviting mass of bare ankles, uncovered legs and denuded torsos. So the mosquito-borne Zika virus might be expected to dampen this year's debauchery.
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Beautiful Game Blossoms at FIFA World Cup 2014 Carnival
Long before the curtain came down on the month-long footballing carnival with Germany's victory on Sunday at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, many had already decided it deserved to be remembered as the greatest in the event's 84-year history.
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Holidays, Lost Business in Brazil World Cup's Lazy Days
Brazilians, who already are used to generous time off for Carnival celebrations and Catholic observances, have enjoyed even more holidays during the month-long soccer tournament.
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Brazil Takes Advantage of World Cup Crowds to Test for HIV
Brazilian health officials handed out condoms to World Cup fans in Sao Paulo on Friday and took advantage of festivities in the city to test people for HIV.
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World Cup 2014 Kicks Off in Style With Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull
Itaquerao Stadium shined under blue skies as Brazil kicked off its home World Cup with a football-style Carnival on Thursday before thousands of dancing yellow-clad fans, who seemed eager to put construction delays and protests behind them.
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Google Doodle 'Scores' a Winner, Welcomes FIFA World Cup 2014
The Brazil World Cup will welcome 736 international footballers and several thousand fans from across the world for the FIFA World Cup. Google pays tribute to what is indeed the biggest sporting carnival in the world, through its latest doodle.
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Carnival or chaos? FIFA World Cup poised for kick-off
A four-week feast of football in the spiritual homeland of the sport gets under way in the seething mega-city of Sao Paulo, where FIFA World Cup host nation Brazil face Croatia at 5pm local time (2000 GMT).
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FIFA World Cup: Playing On Empty Stomach? Viral Image Takes Web By Storm
Known long for its carnivals, sprawling beaches and love for soccer, Brazil's current state is far from the party mood despite staging the world's biggest sporting extravaganza.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro, Who Downplayed Covid, Against Carnival Resumption
President Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday he was against Brazil resuming carnival celebrations in February, a rare nod to Covid-19 social distancing measures from the far-right leader.
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No Vaccine, No Carnival, Warn Rio's Samba Schools Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Some of Rio's biggest samba schools say they will not participate in next year's Carnival unless a coronavirus vaccine is widely available, Brazilian media reported Tuesday.
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Brazil's President Tweets Video Of A Man Urinating On Another In Carnival
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has sparked shock and outrage by tweeting a video showing one man urinating on another during his country's massive annual street carnival.
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Bollywood In Brazil: When Indians Took To The Carnival In Sao Paulo
Bloco Bollywood is the fusion of these two popular trends. It's the annual event in the time of carnival, when the Indian community takes to the streets to dance to Bollywood songs and bhangra drum beats.
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Rio Olympics 2016 Set For Gala Opening, All Roads Lead to Maracana
Some 50,000 spectators are expected at Olympic Games 2016 while more than 3 billion people tune in around the world as Brazil host their second major sporting event in two years, after the 2014 FIFA World Cup
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In Zika-Stricken Brazil, A Carnival Of Flesh And Feasting - For The Mosquitoes
For the next few nights, Tuane Rocha, a tall, radiant samba queen, will be dancing naked in the streets of this city, wearing only body paint.
-
Carnival Opens In Rio, Defying Growing Zika Fears
Rio's Carnival -- a five day festival of dancing, bared flesh and wild costumes -- go underway in the face of warnings that the Zika virus might make even kissing dangerous.
-
For Brazil's Carnival Fans, Even Zika Can't Stop The Party
Brazilian Carnival could be called a hungry mosquito's dream, five days of non-stop street parties that bring together millions of revelers in an inviting mass of bare ankles, uncovered legs and denuded torsos. So the mosquito-borne Zika virus might be expected to dampen this year's debauchery.
-
Beautiful Game Blossoms at FIFA World Cup 2014 Carnival
Long before the curtain came down on the month-long footballing carnival with Germany's victory on Sunday at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, many had already decided it deserved to be remembered as the greatest in the event's 84-year history.
-
Holidays, Lost Business in Brazil World Cup's Lazy Days
Brazilians, who already are used to generous time off for Carnival celebrations and Catholic observances, have enjoyed even more holidays during the month-long soccer tournament.
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Brazil Takes Advantage of World Cup Crowds to Test for HIV
Brazilian health officials handed out condoms to World Cup fans in Sao Paulo on Friday and took advantage of festivities in the city to test people for HIV.
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World Cup 2014 Kicks Off in Style With Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull
Itaquerao Stadium shined under blue skies as Brazil kicked off its home World Cup with a football-style Carnival on Thursday before thousands of dancing yellow-clad fans, who seemed eager to put construction delays and protests behind them.
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Google Doodle 'Scores' a Winner, Welcomes FIFA World Cup 2014
The Brazil World Cup will welcome 736 international footballers and several thousand fans from across the world for the FIFA World Cup. Google pays tribute to what is indeed the biggest sporting carnival in the world, through its latest doodle.
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Carnival or chaos? FIFA World Cup poised for kick-off
A four-week feast of football in the spiritual homeland of the sport gets under way in the seething mega-city of Sao Paulo, where FIFA World Cup host nation Brazil face Croatia at 5pm local time (2000 GMT).
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FIFA World Cup: Playing On Empty Stomach? Viral Image Takes Web By Storm
Known long for its carnivals, sprawling beaches and love for soccer, Brazil's current state is far from the party mood despite staging the world's biggest sporting extravaganza.
