Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman will lead a drumming group in Rio's carnival parade for the first time. The spectacle in the Sambadrome brings together ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Samba and literature rarely share the same stage, but at this year's Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, two samba schools used their parades to tell the stories of Black Brazilian ...

Traditionally relegated to dancing, women in Brazil are continuing to make inroads into the historically male-dominated percussion part of the famous Rio Carnival. The nine days of festivities include ...