MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay's black community, long in the shadows of the country's cultural and political mainstream, is enjoying an awakening as its African roots are celebrated in a pulsating ...

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Montevideo, Feb 2 (EFE).Montevideo, Feb 2 (EFE). — Members of the Don Timoteo troupe, created by soccer star Alvaro “Chino” Recoba, say that comradeship and participating in Uruguay’s Carnival are ...

January 28 marked the opening of the 2010 Carnival in Uruguay with the traditional inaugural parade. Advertised as the longest Carnival in the world—starting late January and ending early March—the ...

Drummers participating in Montevideo's "Llamadas" parade, one of the events that make up Uruguay's carnival -- the world's longest -- on February 10, 2022 - Copyright ...