ORURO, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivian Fernando Flores has been making dazzling masks for the Oruro carnival for most of his life, and so did three generations of the Flores family before him. But the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The wall of Olga Valles’ office is a vast tableau of famous faces past and present: Barack Obama smiles warmly, while Yasser Arafat poses in his trademark black-and-white ...

Here’s how Venice, Rio de Janeiro, Trinidad and Tobago, New Orleans, and Quebec City mark the pre-Lenten season Elizabeth Djinis - History Correspondent In 18th-century Venice, Carnival masks created ...

Thousands of visitors were unfazed by the thick fog that enshrouded the start of the Carnival of Venice on Jan. 27. It is an annual tradition where people wear masks and costumes in the historic city.

Families are invited to explore the magic and the mystery of Italy with a special Venetian Carnival in Southport.