A heightened focus on Brazil’s African heritage is a driving factor in the South American country’s surging visitor arrivals. In 2024, Brazil recorded its best-ever year for international arrivals, ...

The cultures of El Salvador, Argentina and Brazil’s quilombola communities are the focus of separate events this weekend. The Salvadoran and Latino Community in Utah, a cultural organization, is ...

Passinho, a vibrant dance style originating from Rio de Janeiro's favelas, received official recognition as an "intangible cultural heritage" in Rio. This designation was the result of a law proposed ...

RIO DE JANEIRO | It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — ...

There’s something almost magnetic about carnivals. The energy, the colors, the way a whole city seems to pulse with life.

In the intricate tapestry of global cultures, Brazil stands as the country with the largest Afro-descendant population outside Africa. This distinction is deeply rooted in the complex history of the ...

The rock art was discovered in the Jalapão region, located in the east of Tocantins, Brazil. Rômulo Macedo / IPHAN Researchers have found and cataloged ancient rock art at 16 sites in Brazil. Created ...

“Brazil is not for amateurs,” said 20th-century Brazilian composer Ary Barroso. Decades later, Brazil continues to confound many travel advisors, exposing how little of the nation is embraced, ...

The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has said that the importance of preserving the Afro-Brazillian cultural heritage is to promote cultural diversity for future generations of ...

Recent robberies at museums worldwide have raised concerns over their security. Incidents include the theft of Matisse ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, ...