Trying to figure out who you are can be a complex process. It gets even more complicated when identity politics prevents you ...

In the intricate tapestry of global cultures, Brazil stands as the country with the largest Afro-descendant population outside Africa. This distinction is deeply rooted in the complex history of the ...

Free culture and free software advocate Gilberto Gil describes his vision for a digital culture built around access to technology. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

The custom of wearing white emerged from Afro-Brazilian religious rituals that were once criminalized and later absorbed into ...

IS CELEBRATING ALMOST 20 YEARS DANCING TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUMS, FANCY FEATHERS AND BRIGHT BEADED COSTUMES. WE MAKE THE COSTUMES. ACTUALLY, HERE WE DO EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING’S HANDMADE. THE SOUND AND ...

Sitting down at a rodizio-style restaurant can be daunting, but that ultimately gives way to childlike wonder and excitement once you see the big cuts of meat impaled on skewers that are paraded out ...

“Colonisation was a terrible thing. With music we hope we can take something that was very bad, to join the cultures of ...

As part of this year’s Prudential North 2 Shore Festival, promoter/producer Roger Costa is bringing “Tropical Noise Fest: A Brazilian Celebration” to Newark on Saturday. According to Costa, patrons ...

An award ceremony for a program sponsored by the former Ministry of Culture that awarded 500 grants for popular culture (all photos courtesy Brazil’s former Ministry of Culture unless otherwise noted) ...

EXCLUSIVE: In our times of diminishing box office receipts, there is, ironically, no greater demonstration of cinema’s enduring power than in the actions of those who try to destroy it. Take Jair ...

The Brazilian singer Margareth Menezes has been named her country’s next culture minister by president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The new president, known as “Lula”, is reinstating Brazil’s ...

This week, Bottega Veneta will celebrate Brazilian culture with an original artistic program at Lina Bo Bardi’s Casa de Vidro (Glass House) in São Paulo, marking the latest installment in the brand’s ...