Step up to a traditional samba circle in Brazil and you’ll find this: a group of 5 to 15 men, each playing an instrument — a tambourine, a cavaquinho, a drum. Then you’ll typically see women, not ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). In the shuffling rhythms of samba, in its defiance and energy and lust for life, lies the soul of Rio de Janeiro. Samba is heard ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Few things say Rio de Janeiro like a "roda de samba" legendary jam session where musicians sit in a circle gushing out Brazil's most beloved music and a tight crowd of beer-guzzling ...

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Carole Baskin went from Tiger King to The Lion King on Monday during Disney Night on Dancing With The Stars. The 59-year-old big-cat rights activist became the second star to be eliminated after a ...

Samba is a Brazilian dance that has African roots. African slaves in Brazil would work all day, and then they would get together at night and have fun and have a Samba de Roda (samba circle). It is a ...

Exploring Rio: Morro da Conceição, Quinta da Boa Vista, and Ilha Fiscal — Foto: Photos by Leonardo Aversa, Hermes de Paula, and Leo Martins After a year with few extended holidays, residents of Rio de ...