ALSASUA, Spain (AP) — Dozens of devil-like figures dance and convulse at the sound of cowbells, chasing onlookers with pitchforks in Alsasua as part of this northern Spanish town’s Carnival. Alsasua ...

PARISPARIS — The frenetic music and vibrant colors of the Frevo, a Brazilian carnival dance, have been immortalized by UNESCO as a world heritage treasure. The electrifying tradition from the city of ...

(JTA) — A second carnival in Spain has referenced the Holocaust with Nazi and concentration camp prisoner uniform costumes. The theme was “the same.” In Badajos, which is about 200 miles southwest of ...

Viva la Fiesta! Unless you’re one of the thousands of people who attended its annual carnival. One of Fiesta’s iconic traditions has been canceled this year. Old Spanish Days, the nonprofit ...

Every year, 40 days before the traditional Catholic celebration of Lent, thousands of people gather in Barranquilla, a colorful port city in Northern Colombia near the Caribbean Sea, to celebrate a ...

There’s something almost magnetic about carnivals. The energy, the colors, the way a whole city seems to pulse with life.

diciembre 6, 2021 2:18 p. m. A group of women participate in the chilenos parade in México City on Dec. 4. The dancers mock the Spanish conquistadores. José Méndez Agencia EFE México City The Mexican ...

STORY: Representing the spirit of carnival, the clown-like figure of Pepino, or cucumber in Spanish, struggles to escape the casket's confines, but can't. Dozens of dancers follow the casket, asking ...

From the carnival at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, this weekend is all about a global celebration of life observed in over 50 countries, often in the form of overindulgence ...

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