Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

Carnival celebrates vibrant global traditions, blending history, resistance, and cultural expression through music, dance, ...

Musicians, clowns and even a standard-bearer danced their way through the corridors decorated with streamers and masks, inviting children ... creating themed performances around calendar events like ...

Masks of Torres’ face ... “That’s peak fame in Brazil — to become a Carnival costume,” Torres said Feb. 10 at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. “I see a lot of me in the streets.