PARATY, Brazil (AP) — Mud-covered revelers took over the beach in Paraty, Brazil, on Saturday as part of a Carnival tradition that has grown steadily since it began 40 years ago. In the seaside town ...

PARATY, Brazil (AP) — Revelers heading to Carnival parties in Brazil typically don colorful, skimpy outfits and splatter glitter everywhere, but near an old colonial town in the south of the country ...

PARATY, Brazil — Several hundred mud-covered Carnival revelers paraded in the sleepy seaside town of Paraty in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, a decades-old tradition that has grown ever larger since ...

When imagining Brazil’s Carnival festival, the first associations are often the dazzling, glittering decorations and boldly revealing costumes. However, on a beach in southern Brazil, an entirely ...

* Carnival revelers frolic in bizarre mud party * Party may have role in protecting environment. By Ana Nicolaci da Costa PARATY, Brazil, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Near one of Brazil's most traditional ...