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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The group triggered controversy by staging a presentation focusing on Equatorial Guinea, run by Africa's longest-ruling dictator, Nguema Mbasogo. The Beija-Flor samba group was declared the ...

Pentagon watchdog opens probe into use of Signal for Yemen attack plans The Pentagon's Inspector General's office announced on Thursday it was opening a probe into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's ...

To mark the France-Brazil 2025 season, which takes place in France from April to September, and the 200th anniversary of ...

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 ...

Brazil's famed Carnival is to begin Friday ... The highlight will be on the nights of Sunday and Monday, when the samba schools parade. Smaller displays in the cities of Salvador and Recife ...

Adelaide-based Brazilian national and ‘Australasian Samba Queen’ Talita Fontainha ... I may cry or laugh during the parade, I don’t know, this is really big.” View of Portela Samba school ...