This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). In the shuffling rhythms of samba, in its defiance and energy and lust for life, lies the soul of Rio de Janeiro. Samba is heard ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - East shimmied with West in Tokyo as thousands of Japanese and Brazilians danced to the rapturous beat of the samba in an Asian-flavored carnival that would have made Rio de ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Rio has some hundreds of neighborhood groups known as "blocos," many of which have existed since the beginning of the 20th ...