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 ...

For almost two decades, hundreds of dogs in the upscale Barra da Tijuca region in Rio de Janeiro have wagged their tails to samba music at the Blocao Carnival street party. They did it once again on ...

During Carnival, the small Brazilian town of Sao Luiz do Paraitinga’s calm everyday life transforms into a joyful party known ...

Antonio Obá’s art invites you to pause, reflect, and confront. It’s a visceral investigation into the layers of Brazilian identity, one that navigates the nation's tangled legacy of colonialism, ...

Ahead of an English-friendly Prague screening of this year's Oscar winner for International Feature, we spoke to Kino ...

As an independent republic beginning in 1889, the young country wanted to establish a new identity that represented the diversity and culture of Brazil. Modernism ushered in new ways of ...

Events take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s most cosmopolitan city ... Rio Carnival is both rooted in European pagan traditions and Catholicism. It was originally a food festival when ...