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Dance display featured armed gangs, corrupt politicians, victims of stray bullets and a child’s coffin Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro  @domphillips Wed 14 Feb 2018 04.47 AEDTFirst published on Wed 14 Feb 2018 02.30 AEDT  The Beija-Flor samba school perform a violent gangland scene in the Sambadrome, Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP An official carnival parade by the Beija-Flor samba school in Rio de Janeiro’s …

ABOUT CARNIVAL in RIO Rio Carnival is a wild 5-day celebration, 40 days before Easter. It officially starts on Friday and finishes on Fat Tuesday with the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday after which one is supposed to abstain from all bodily pleasures. Carnival with all its excesses, celebrated as a profane event, could be interpreted an act of farewell …

CARNIVAL in SALVADOR The Carnival in Salvador is by far the biggest street party in the world. Every year, over 2 million people participate on the Salvador Carnival Parades. During seven consecutive days, from 5pm to 5am, dozens of Bands make a parade along the streets, playing on big trucks (called Trios). Usually one or more Trios and Artists form a “Bloco”. Every …

From the creators of the sell-out, smash hit 2010 sensation Balé de Rua, the bigger and brighter Baila Brazil will burst onto the Sydney Opera House stage this summer. As colourful as the streets from where they hail, the cast of eighteen dancers and musicians deliver a high-energy celebration of life, love and the Brazilian way. Combining live music, breathtaking …

Brazouka: A mystical dance from the streets of Brazil Created by Pamela Stephenson-Connolly and Arlene Phillips and performed by Brazil’s most thrilling new dance troupe. Braz Dos Santos is widely acknowledged as the very best freestyle Lambazouk dancer in the world. “Brazouka” is his personal story of a struggle to scramble onto the international stage, it was a case of …

Hoje iniciaremos uma série de publicações sobre os estados Brasileiros. Começando com nossa “Sampa Querida”…você saberá algumas curiosidades, entenderá algumas gírias, descobrirá comidas e alguns lugares secretos que muitas vezes não estão no caderno de Turismo, mas que um bom Paulista com certeza recomendaria para seu amigo que está a passeio. Será uma ótima oportunidade para todos nós descobrirmos mais sobre as riquezas que nosso …