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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 — ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Culture: Rio Fashion Week: Boosting Brazilian culture, tourism, and fashion
Another city has been added to the global landscape of fashion weeks. Scheduled to take place from Tuesday to Saturday, Rio Fashion Week has been established as a new landmark on the official ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Culture: Rio de Janeiro as a starter city for tech founders
Rio de Janeiro offers a unique mix of cost, culture, and connectivity for early-stage AI teams. See how the city balances trade-offs for your startup's first base.
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Culture: From Rio to Ubatuba: Discovering the culture and ecology of Brazil’s BR-101 Coastline
Fuelled by fresh fish, fruit and a few glasses of sugar-cane rum, we journey along Brazil’s often under-appreciated coastline. Most trips along the BR-101 begin with an hour of traffic through Rio de ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Culture: Spaces of Resilience and Culture of Celebration in Rio de Janeiro
Carnival is one of the biggest cultural expressions in Brazil. Image via Shutterstock Rio de Janeiro, often called the "Marvelous City," is a vibrant tapestry woven from diverse cultural, historical, ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Culture: Passion and purpose inspire Brazilian chefs to serve authentic cuisines like the Carnival-favorite dishes feijoada and coxinha
Leticia Schwartz, a Rio de Janeiro-born chef, has spent most of her career on a mission. Her calling, she told Business Insider, is "to put Brazilian cuisine on the map." This inspired her to teach ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Culture: Brazilian revelers at Rio’s Pride march rejoice after Bolsonaro’s preemptive jailing
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thousands of revelers descended on the boardwalk in Copacabana for Rio de Janeiro's annual Pride parade on Sunday, with many celebrating the previous day's preemptive jailing of ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Culture: Carnival 2025: Highlights from Brazil’s street parties
Brazil’s 2025 Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Follow AP reporters and photographers as they follow Saturday's pre-Lenten parties.
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Culture: Brazilian dance craze created by young people in Rio’s favelas is declared cultural heritage
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”, ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Culture: Brazilian dance craze created by young people in Rio’s favelas is declared cultural heritage
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, ...