Youth perform a street dance style known as passinho for their social media accounts, in the Rocinha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The passinho, or “little step”, ...

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 ...

On June 25, 2025, in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil, @a.liliz_ shared a heartwarming video of their daughter enjoying a children’s TV show. In the video, the little girl stands in her crib, intently ...

A samba class performs in Rio de Janeiro. There’s an expression here in Brazil: “Tudo acaba em samba.” Translated literally, the phrase means “Everything ends in samba.” That is to say, no matter what ...

Celebrate Brazil’s Independence Day while eating some acaraje and dancing the night away with some samba at this year’s Brazilian Festival of Worcester. More than 1,000 people are expected to attend ...

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 — whatever was around. The ...