Neuma Goncalves, Brazil's "First Lady of Samba," has died at age 78 after helping turn the Rio de Janeiro slum Mangueira into one of the best-loved samba schools at the world-famous Carnival parade.

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Some 100 dancers of the Vai-Vai samba school wore costumes featuring swastikas on their back at Sao Paulo’s Carnival, Brazil’s most popular festival and one of the world’s largest multi-day ...

boldest and brightest events in the Brazilian calendar, and it’s taking the country’s tourism capital by storm next week. The sound of samba rings, raucous parties and sold-out parades stun at ...

I am ready.” “I will be the first Australian 'muse' to parade in the special group of samba schools in Brazil. It's an honour” Source: Supplied “There’s no choreography, but you are ...

Sao Paulo’s samba school parades started Friday evening, bringing thousands to the city’s Sambadrome. The city’s top schools celebrated Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous traditions and honored ...

Padre Miguel will be the first samba school to parade on Sunday night. Their procession will tell the story of Iyá Nassô, the founder of the first space in Brazil for rituals of the Afro ...

Events take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s most cosmopolitan city. All the main samba competitions between rival dance schools and parades take place in the Sambadrome – a purpose-built ...