RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Samba and literature rarely share the same stage, but at this year's Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, two samba schools used their parades to tell the stories of Black Brazilian ...

There is something about Humboldt and Samba, something that just fits. We’re fortunate, given that, to have two organizations collaborating to provide Samba classes and performances. Samba do Mar ...

Rio Carnival as an economy of contribution: what samba schools, blocos and an anthropology of generosity reveal about status, ...

A Rio Carnival parade paying tribute to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been relegated after finishing last in the city’s top samba school competition, as critics denounced elements of the ...

With colorful costumes decorated with feathers and glitter, Rio de Janeiro's samba schools paraded at the Sambodrome on the ...

Former sex worker Lourdes Barreto dances during Porto da Pedra samba school's rehearsal for a parade, spotlighting sex workers to dismantle stigma, ahead of a Carnival parade in Sao Goncalo, Rio de ...

A few days after Carnival in Brazil in 2025, one of the country’s premier samba schools, Salgueiro, issued a blistering critique on Instagram of the Rio de Janeiro judges. Salgueiro is a perennial top ...

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