Choro uses instruments such as the mandolin, flute, 7-string guitar, pandeiro, cavaquinho, and clarinet

Brazil’s Chorinho Music Now Belongs to the Country’s Cultural Heritage

Choro, a genuinely Brazilian musical genre, also known as chorinho, has been declared a ...

Olive tries to drag poor Popeye onto the dance floor, while Bluto looks on in delight

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART FOUR: TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE (CONCLUSION)

Everyone Does the “Broadway Samba” Near the conclusion of “Samba Lelê,” Senhorita Olive Oyl ...

Bluto and Popeye advance toward their “fun” destination: The cartoon Cafe in Rio

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART THREE: SAMBA YOUR CARES AWAY!

A Clubbing We Will Go In the next sequence, Popeye and Bluto stride brazenly ...

Paramount Pictures title card for ‘W’ere on our Way to Rio’ (1944)

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART TWO: WON’T YOU BE MY GOOD NEIGHBOR?

Let Us Entertain You Nothing succeeds like success. And to repeat a successful formula, ...

Popeye (right) escorts Miss Olivia Oyla to the Cafe La Conga in “Kickin’ the Conga Round” (1942)

ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART ONE: KICKIN’ THE COUNTRY AROUND

I’m Popeye the sailor man / I’m Popeye the sailor man I’m strong to ...

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Netflix Brings to the World Brazil’s Most Endearing Myths and Legends

Eric (Marco Pigossi) is an environmental police officer in Rio de Janeiro. When his ...

Standard Bearer for Rio's Escola de Samba Portela

Rio Carnaval Will Have to Wait for Green Light from the Coronavirus

Rio de Janeiro’s world famous Carnaval parade will not take place in February 2021 ...