A Los Angeles samba school brings a little taste of Brazil to the U.S., teaching the art of dance and percussion to anyone who wants to learn. This week, people around the world are celebrating the 40 ...

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 ...

From the bottom of her platform heels to the top of her 15-kilogram headpiece, samba dancer Mishel Finlayson says she is ...

Brazilian-American musician Beto Gonzalez was too young to understand the country around him when his family returned to Brazil in the 1970s. It was only as he grew older, after coming back to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Beth Carvalho, a singer and songwriter known in Brazil as the “godmother of samba,” died on April 30 in Rio de Janeiro. She was 72. A statement from Pró-Cardíaco Hospital, where she had been since ...

The menus were still at the printer when I dropped by Samba Brazil, a new Brazilian restaurant that started serving pastels, empanadas and coxinha, or Brazilian sandwiches, yesterday at 5075 Leetsdale ...

What is the samba soccer style that the Brazil national football team are so famed for? Samba soccer is a style of football that is heavily influenced by varying aspects of Brazilian culture. It is ...

Brazil is not just a country. It is a feeling. A rhythm. A slow Saturday afternoon with a steaming pot on the stove, drums ...