A 40-member jury crowned Unidos da Tijuca, whose parade honoured Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna, winner of the elite Grupo Especial category.

The festivities for Rio's Carnival kicked off Monday night as Samba school ‘Unidos da Tijuca’ took the stage with an Afro-Brazilian religious theme, paying tribute to Logun Edé, a deity from ...

The Unidos da Tijuca samba school was Wednesday declared the winner of the 2012 Rio Carnival, with its tribute to the late singer and composer Louis Gonzaga, the "king of Baiao", a popular music ...

A performer from Unidos da Tijuca samba school parades during the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPicture: AP Photo/Leo Correa Credit: AP Photo/Leo Correa ...

Unidos da Tijuca is the champion of Rio's Carnival every other year. It has been so since 2010, and again in 2014.

The seven schools that competed last night were: Império Serrano, Viradouro, Rio Grande, Salgueiro, Beija-Flor, Imperatriz Leopoldinense and Unidos da Tijuca.

The vibrant streets of Rio de Janeiro transformed into a kaleidoscope of color and sound as the Unidos da Tijuca samba school took to the iconic Sambadrome for the city's annual Carnival celebrations.

After a tight struggle, the Unidos da Tijuca were the winning samba school in the Grupo Especial do Rio de Janeiro, a group made up of the best samba schools that paraded through the Sapucaí ...

Unidos da Tijuca, Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, Acadêmicos do Salgueiro, and Unidos de Vila Isabel are the four additional samba schools to parade in Rio de Janeiro.

Unidos da Tijuca hope the Ayrton Senna theme will win them another coveted prize statuette. But none of the top division samba schools are incorporating either event. "Two cliches together don't work.

Unidos da Tijuca samba school has won Brazil's most competitive carnival parade. A 40-member jury crowned Unidos da Tijuca, whose parade honoured Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna, winner of ...