“This was the first time in the history of samba – and, perhaps, even in the history of Brazilian popular music – when an explicit call to action, directed exclusively at Negroes, had been included in ...

Samba soon became associated with street parties, carnivals and popular gatherings ... lives to the beat of this music throughout the year, but it is in February, during Carnival, that samba ...

Bhangra is very popular all over the world. It's been mixed with other styles of music, like hip-hop and ... side-to-side to make different sounds. Samba is performed in street carnival celebrations.

The Sambadrome, an iconic venue since the 1980s, remains the heart of Brazil’s Carnival, where the country’s top samba schools compete in a spectacular celebration of culture, music ...