Great Carnivals of Joãosinho Trinta
Joãosinho Trinta, the former ballet dancer who reinvented Rio’s Carnival, incorporating luxurious elements and extreme creativity to the popular parade…
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Brazilian batucada around the world
Batucada, the joyful, noisy, fast pace percussive ensemble, capable of speeding up one’s pulse, is gaining the world.
Samba master class
This is the closest you will get to learning samba without leaving your desk. The one-hour special “Dance the World“, that premiered on The Travel […]
Classic Carnival songs translated into English
This silly & funny video by Leandrade imagines how Classic Carnival marchinhas – those songs that have been played in indoor balls for ages – […]
Recife and Olinda: Brazilian Carnival beyond Rio
By José Alberto Gonçalves Pereira* Rio, Salvador, Recife or Olinda? Which town promotes the best carnival in Brazil? It is a very arguable question […]
Samba de roda, mother of Rio’s Carnival
These pre-Carnival days, turn your eyes and ears to Bahia and discover the music that inspired Rio’s Carnival. Samba de Roda, considered by Unesco an […]
13 things you didn't know about Carnival
If you decide to watch the Carnival parade in Rio and rent a box (that may be covered or not and fits between four […]
13 things you didn’t know about Carnival
If you decide to watch the Carnival parade in Rio and rent a box (that may be covered or not and fits between four […]
Martinho da Vila, Carnival king
Forget Momo, the fat guy that, every year, is crowned Carnival King. The real sovereign of the giant feast that begins in a few weeks […]
Orson Welles in Rio's Carnival
This series of images of film director Orson Welles partying (and working) in Rio, in 1942, were published by Life magazine and brought back to […]