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People from around the world gather in Venice for carnival parade

Some hundred decorated rowing boats paraded on Sunday, from Punta della Dogana to Rialto Bridge, led by the legendary 7-metre-long papier-maché ‘Pantegana’, which has become one of the symbols of the Venetian carnival.

5 February 2023

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Watch: Columbia holds its Carnival of 'Blacks and Whites'

Billing itself as a celebration of equality, it has been held for more than a century in a region home to many Afro-Colombians and Indigenous communities heavily marked by racial and economic inequality.

7 January 2023

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Cape Town Minstrel Carnival returns after two-year Covid-19 hiatus

Around 20,000 performers marched through the streets of Cape Town in South Africa for the Carnival after a two-year hiatus.

3 January 2023

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Senegal celebrates its cultural riches in third Carnival of Dakar

The West African nation has around 20 ethnic groups and around 40 languages are spoken.

27 November 2022

Germany

Cologne commemorates 200 years of carnival

Dubbed Germany’s 'fifth season' by locals, Cologne carnival starts every year on 11 November at 11:11am and stretches until Ash Wednesday in February or March.

11 November 2022

Moments

Watch: Rio Carnival parade makes an emotional return in Brazil

Locals were delighted to welcome carnival floats back to Rio de Janeiro and São Paolo.

27 April 2022

Culture news

Rio de Janiero's colourful carnival returns after pandemic hiatus

Rio de Janiero's Carnival is back for the first time since the pandemic. Brazil's top samba schools took part in the dazzling parade at the Sambadrome.

25 April 2022

Moments

Burlesque meets Mexican wrestling at this flamboyant carnival in LA

This carnival world, a mix of American burlesque and Mexican wrestling, is stunning audiences once again after a two-year pandemic hiatus.

24 March 2022

Travel News

Germany’s biggest carnival transforms into peace march for Ukraine

Over 250,000 people have turned Cologne’s historic carnival into a peace march for Ukraine

1 March 2022

Moments

Why are polar bears and spacemen floating down this Italian street?

One of Europe’s most renowned celebrations - the Carnival of Viareggio - is back with a bang after coronavirus restrictions limited last year's plans.

23 February 2022

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The famous carnival in Nice returns after two years

After a year's absence the party atmosphere returned to the city of Nice as it welcomed back its annual carnival parade

20 February 2022

Food and Drink

'Mammalucchi': The Venetian pastry delicacy created by accident

Venice Carnival's tastiest secret is out: mammalucchi, a mouth-watering fried, sugary pastry which began life as an accident, is the treat hankered after by gondoliers and masked revelers alike

17 February 2022

Destinations

Venice partygoers swap COVID masks for carnival outfits

Three years since the last Venice Carnival, revellers swapped their surgical masks for carnival ones and took to the streets.

16 February 2022

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Venice carnival fun returns tentatively post-virus

Venetians and tourists on Saturday swapped surgical masks for carnival masks and costumes, to mark the start of the famed Venice Carnival celebrations.

13 February 2022

Italy

'It will be fun': Venice carnival kicks off hoping for a brighter year

After being hit by the pandemic for two years in a row, the world-famous Venice carnival has resumed.

13 February 2022

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Montevideo Carnival returns after Covid cancels 2021

Uruguayans participate in the famous llamadas of Montevideo, the highlight of the capital's carnival.

11 February 2022

Germany

German man given life sentence for driving into carnival crowd

No one was killed in the incident, but around 90 people were injured, including 20 who needed hospital treatment.

16 December 2021

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Dakar carnival highlights cultures of Senegal

Hundreds of people from several Senegalese ethnic groups parade through the streets of the capital for the second edition of the Grand Carnaval de Dakar.

28 November 2021

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Thousands gather to celebrate Cologne Carnival after COVID hiatus

The celebration of the long-awaited carnival saw revellers dressed up as clowns, bees, pirates or tigers, unfazed by the country's spiking virus numbers.

12 November 2021

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German carnival season opens in Cologne amid surge of Covid cases

German carnival season officialy opens with only people recovered from or vaccinated against Covid-19 being admitted to the festivities in Cologne, as the country is faced with a record surge in infections.

11 November 2021