Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - When she sways to the sensual beat of samba, Megumi Kudo also heals the wounds in her mother's heart from a huge earthquake that shattered their home city in Japan 20 years ago.

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — It’s a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company’s drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she ...

HAYWARD -- In Brazil, the Rhythm of Samba is everywhere and in just weeks those same sounds will fill the air right here in the Bay Area at San Francisco's 45th annual Carnaval celebration and parade.

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — At rehearsal for the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school, a dancer poses for photos with admiring onlookers while wearing the bright yellow uniform and sky-high heels of the ...

Sparkling glitter sprinkled on the sweaty arms, shoulders and faces of Samba da Alegria dancers reflected Sunday’s sunny skies during the dance troupe’s 31st consecutive dance around the Arcata Plaza ...

Allie Mac Kay was live from North Hollywood with a preview of the 20th Annual Brazilian Summer Festival featuring Samba Master Jorge Aragao directly from Rio de Janeiro. Allie sees what the samba ...

Samba dancers, parkour, tributes to the Amazon and even Gisele! The 2016 Rio Olympics kicked off with an unforgettable production All of it. In its charting of the nation's rich cultural history, the ...