Jessica Hahn-Chaplin smiles for cameras while wearing the beautiful yellow clothing and high heel shoes of passista samba dancers. She is in Rio de Janeiro to study the techniques of passistas through ...

Brazil is called samba-exaltacao, or exaltatio in samba. "Samba de Uma Nota Só" is . . . well . . . "One Note Samba." It's a ...

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 ...

A member of a carnival samba school performs during a celebration to present the reformed Marques de Sapucai sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, ahead of Brazil’s first ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brazil supporters from across India and beyond travelled to Kolkata for a rare chance to watch the Samba Boys play India and ...

Beth Carvalho, a singer nicknamed “godmother of samba” in Brazil — died April 30 in Rio de Janeiro. She was 72. With her exuberant and smoky voice, she filled soccer stadiums with her followers, ...

"São Paulo is the graveyard of samba." So claimed the late Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes, who co-wrote Brazil's most famous song, "The Girl From Ipanema." Home to more than 20 million people, the ...