Explore the shanty towns of Río Janeiro and their role in the city's cultural history. The shanty towns of Río Janeiro play a pivotal role in the city's cultural history. They are home to a rich ...

Vania Pereira da Silva, a seamstress and member of the Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school, points to a wall damaged by stray bullets inside her home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - After months of coronavirus-induced inactivity, Rio de Janeiro's legendary samba scene is tentatively tiptoeing back to life, offering a sliver of hope to those whose ...

After two years without its frenetic festival, sultry samba and towering floats, Rio de Janeiro will hold its famed carnival parades Friday. A member of a carnival samba school performs during a ...

Musicians at Casa de Francisca, in São Paulo, Brazil. One afternoon in 1962, lyricist Vinícius de Moraes and composer Antônio Carlos “Tom” Jobim were sitting at Bar Veloso, in Rio de Janeiro, when ...

The 26-year-old native of Cidade de Deus (City of God) is the “Queen of The Drum” and principal dancer and instructor at Paraíso do Tuiuti. Mayara’s edgy skill as a passista (dancer in Portuguese) has ...

High above Rio de Janeiro, the rhythms of samba echoed through the city as artists boarded the iconic Corcovado Train for a special thanksgiving mass at the Christ the Redeemer statue.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians on Friday ...

Have you been experiencing Samba no pé (Samba of the foot) lately? Craving some pão de queijo but haven’t been able to find a place that serves it? Or have you simply been itching to learn a couple of ...

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