Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

Sao Paulo’s samba school parades started Friday evening, bringing thousands to the city’s Sambadrome. The city’s top schools celebrated Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous traditions and honored ...

Sao Paulo’s samba school parades started Friday evening, bringing thousands to the city’s Sambadrome. The city’s top schools celebrated Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous traditions and honored ...

Sao Paulo parades Sao Paulo’s samba school parades started Friday evening, bringing thousands to the city’s Sambadrome. The city’s top schools celebrated Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous ...

Building Connection Through Brazilian Samba Dance Whether you’re looking at the crowds of dancers from samba schools during ...

accompanied by the percussion orchestra, considered the heart and soul of the samba schools. Party everywhere Although Carnival officially began on Friday, the party started in January with the ...

and samba. He studied percussion internationally in Cuba and Brazil. Nat was on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Symphony Youth Orchestra and was a member of the Illinois Symphony Civic ...

The party features a band of saxophones, trombones and drums trailed ... parades Sao Paulo’s samba school parades started Friday evening, bringing thousands to the city’s Sambadrome. The city’s top ...

Sao Paulo parades Sao Paulo’s samba school parades started Friday evening, bringing thousands to the city’s Sambadrome. The city’s top schools celebrated Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous ...