It’s a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company’s drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she dazzles as a scantily clad ...

In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, "passista," or samba dancer Diana Prado performs in a carnival parade at central station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A call center supervisor by day the ...

Through dance and music, Samba N’ Motion and Bola da Vez stitch together historical and cultural events of Brazil. Both groups were formed by Ana Laidley (center), and they will perform at the UCLA ...

I do not remember there being a World Cup where the Brazilian team was not one of the favourites. Even on their worst days they were expected to win and this World Cup season they have got a great ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — Samba dancers swathed in orange ostrich feathers welcomed Britain’s Prince Harry to a party on Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain on Friday. And apparently the fancy ...

Thousands of samba dancers have been seen partying in Brazil for the opening of the city's world-famous carnival. The country's 12 top samba schools kicked off the annual parade competition in the ...

When she sways to the beat of samba, Megumi Kudo also heals the wounds in her mother’s heart from a huge earthquake that shattered their home city in Japan 20 years ago. This year’s festive menu for ...

ALBAWABA - Off to Saudi Arabia today. In the news is the Jazzan Winter Festival and its semi-naked Samba ladies! This is indeed a rarity and shows the dramatic, unprecedented changes going on in Saudi ...

In this Jan. 27, 2020 photo, Jessica Hahn-Chaplin, center, from Bristol, England, dances during a rehearsal of the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) ...

Samba is a Brazilian musical genre derived from African and European roots that is recognized worldwide as a symbol of Brazil and Carnival. Now, a group of samba dancers in Brazil is adding Chinese ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — Swathed in nothing but a sprinkling of sequins and a puff of feathers, Rio de Janeiro’s samba group dancers are the star attractions of the world’s most iconic Carnival ...