Cities and villages worldwide awake to the rhythm of carnival celebrations as music, parades, street parties, magnificent floats and people in extravagant costumes take to the streets to party.

Rio de Janeiro hosts extravagant samba parades featuring giant floats and thousands of dancers ... of a small town like El ...

and assembling floats and instruments. Carnival creates some 50,000 jobs throughout the year, without taking into account its passionate volunteers. Jacira De Oliveira Santos isn't here to have a ...