The roots of Brazilian Carnival trace back to the Portuguese colonial period when European settlers brought their festive traditions to Brazil in the 17th century. These celebrations were heavily ...

Salvador: The rich epicenter of Afro-Brazilian culture is a no-brainer for an amazing Carnaval. Its specialty is the musical trucks that drive through the streets, especially during blocos ...

Rio Carnival is both rooted in European pagan ... However, the unique feel of the Carnival comes from the cultural clash between the Portuguese colonisers and the indigenous people.

Carnival celebrates vibrant global traditions, blending history, resistance, and cultural expression through music, dance, ...

From February to March each year, Brazil enters its most vibrant season. As the rhythm of the drums begins, music and ...

seeking to promote Afro-Brazilian music and culture. During Carnival they perform in the old port area, where many enslaved Africans disembarked during Portuguese colonial rule. It was inspired by ...

Carnival in the Brazilian city has two sides ... It’s music, dance, storytelling, culture. It’s beauty and it’s fleeting, with each parade lasting about 75 minutes until — poof — all done. But soon ...

Brazil is home to some of the most famous celebrations of Carnaval! Come and learn a bit of history of Carnaval in Bahia - the heart of African Diasporic culture in Brazil! In this workshop ...

Clowns complete with red noses and tutus sung Carnival songs to sick children on the pediatric ward of a Rio de Janeiro hospital on Tuesday, bringing the ebullient festivities normally found on the ...

There are more than 450 official parades across Rio; programme yours.

Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.