Ses artistes, ses artisans, son carnaval, son quartier historique sont des leviers puissants sur lesquels s'appuyer.

UNESCO: SERVICE DE PRESSE

Los que practican el frevo y el passo son miembros de asociaciones que participan en los desfiles del carnaval.

UNESCO: Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial

El Carnaval de Tlaxcala es una de las festividades que concurre para ser incluida en la lista del Patrimonio Cultural Intangible.

UNESCO: SERVICIO DE PRENSA

Alas, for those of you who dream of doing Carnaval right, my friends at Dehouche travel in Rio de Janeiro have a few suggestions.

FORBES: My Sad Brazilian Carnavals

In early 2011, shortly after the Carnaval celebrations in March, Mantega raised taxes on other currency and credit transactions as the real bulked up yet again to BRL1.65.

FORBES: Brazil's Pres Surrendering to Strong Currency

It was breached around three weeks ago, just prior to the Carnaval party celebrations, causing government officials to warn of new macroprudential measures to keep the currency from appreciating.

FORBES: Brazil Fails to Save Dollar; Likely to Give up Trying

Just a few years ago Batista's sex-symbol ex-wife, former Playboy cover girl Luma de Oliveira, paraded during Carnaval clad in spandex and glitter--and wearing his name proudly on a collar around her neck.

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Samba school Carnaval shows are work.

FORBES: World's Biggest Party Kicks Off In Rio

We all have our Carnaval stories.

FORBES: Where To Party In Brazil During Carnaval

Surely they love samba and Carnaval.

FORBES: My Sad Brazilian Carnavals

During summer weekends and on holidays (particularly over New Year's Eve in January and Carnaval in February or early March) a mix of Brazilian and Argentine sunseekers -- and a handful of international visitors -- pack the sandy streets, overwhelming the calm that pervades the island for the rest of the year.

BBC: Brazil��s threatened slice of paradise