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

Members of the Padre Miguel samba school performing at the Sambadrome during Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up ... About 300 people brought their pets dressed in costumes, ranging from superheroes to cartoon characters and clowns.

Irina Shayk made her debut at Rio de Janeiro's Carnival festivities in a bedazzled skin-baring look and shared some snaps of her look to Instagram.

With singing and barefoot dance, the group made up mostly of women performed their ... “That’s peak fame in Brazil — to become a Carnival costume,” Torres said Feb. 10 at the Santa Barbara ...

With singing and barefoot dance, the group made up mostly of women performed their ... “That’s peak fame in Brazil — to become a Carnival costume,” Torres said Feb. 10 at the Santa Barbara ...