Behemoth sound trucks known as electric trios are a fixture of Brazil’s Carnival festivities and draw millions to the streets RIO DE JANEIRO — Sound begins blasting ear drums and rattling bones even ...

Everyone knows Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. But smaller cities and towns around the world put on epic parties of their own. The events—which mostly began as a sort of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sound begins blasting ear drums and rattling bones even before the speakers — hauled by big rigs creeping their way through Brazil’s thronging Carnival crowds — draw near. The ...