A samba school rises to Rio Carnival’s top league, bringing an economic boom to its poor residents
Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, on Rio de Janeiro’s west side, but this year there’s even more, with its Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school back in the top parade league for the first time in 57 years.
The Rio Carnival 2025 kicked off on Sunday night, March 2. The annual festival is renowned for its vibrant samba parades, ...
A group of Brazilian transgender women have been learning samba in the last few months as they prepare to take the stage at ...
Rio de Janeiro's massive Sambadrome erupted in noisy celebrations Sunday as the news broke that Brazil won its first Oscar, ...
One of Rio's most storied Samba schools will explore the "Pain and Passion" of the lives of the Bantu people in the city. Bantu people were the majority of Black people enslaved in Rio.
THEY are the gorgeous, glittering Samba dancers who steal the show at the greatest party on the planet. The queens and muses who light up the jaw-dropping, heart-pounding Rio Carnival are once ...
Subtle hand signs coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of Rio de Janeiro's glitzy Carnival parades.
During Carnival, the small Brazilian town of Sao Luiz do Paraitinga’s calm everyday life transforms into a joyful party known ...
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Anitta writes song and cheers for samba school celebrating her Afro-Brazilian faithAnitta has become a pop music sensation in her native Brazil and abroad, but Monday she will have her first shot to prove ...
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