Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OPINION: It's carnival week in Rio de Janeiro, where vibrant parades feature music, dancers and a huge dose of history. Here's ...

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 ...

It was 2:30 one February morning. I had just landed at Trinidad’s Piarco International Airport on a red-eye flight from Miami for my first carnival of the season. Going home to sleep wasn’t an option.

A woman dressed in Carnival Costume poses in front of gondolas in Saint Mark's Square on Feb. 25, 2014 in Venice, Italy. Getty Images Thousands of people took to the streets in Venice, Italy, this ...

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 ...

An illustration published in the Journal Des Voyages (1891) captures revelers at Carnival in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Print Via Bridgeman Images More than two dozen countries make up the Caribbean, ...