The Beija Flor samba group won its 10th carnival championship Wednesday, taking home top honors for a performance in which thousands of costumed drummers and dancers celebrated Brazil’s African roots.

Hundreds of people are going to be in Phoenix attending an international Samba Queen and King competition in October. Angelique Starks from Samba AZ says she wanted to create the event for a sense of ...

Adelaide-based Brazilian national and ‘Australasian Samba Queen’ Talita Fontainha learned to dance samba in Australia, but now she is in Brazil preparing to debut on the world’s most famous samba ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — For 28 years, Gilma Cardoso Ferreira has saved for months before each Carnival to pay for the frilly, full-skirted outfit that transforms her, for one evening, from a retired public ...

A few months ago Mishel Finlayson was hosting a Samba competition at Tallebudgera Recreation Centre. This weekend she will make history as the first Australian to be handed the honour of parading as a ...

A few months ago Mishel Finlayson was hosting a Samba competition at Tallebudgera Recreation Centre. This weekend she will make history as the first Australian to be handed the honour of parading as a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — For 28 years, Gilma Cardoso Ferreira has saved for months before each Carnival to pay for the frilly, full-skirted outfit that transforms her, for one evening, from a retired ...

You might not understand the lyrics in Grupo Liberdade’s new song “Batucada do Sol,” sung in Portuguese by Amanda Soares and Poranguí, but the energy the seven-piece band transfers to its listeners is ...

A samba competition turned violent during Carnival celebrations after hundreds of revellers started brawling in the streets. The chaos started when a man jumped past security and ripped up the dance ...