Brazilian Art, Culture, and Entertainment

Brazil's national drink, made with limes, sugar, water and the sugar cane brandy known as cachaça is an international favorite. Check out these recipes in various languages and enjoy a taste of Brazil wherever you are!

Say Carnaval and what images come to mind? Fantastically and scantily garbed dancers, pounding samba rhythms, parades, incessant revelry? Rio de Janeiro? The four days and nights of carnaval in Rio are the lavish self-indulgent anything-goes exotic exhibitionist spectacle the world sees.

Guide selected books cover a wide range of topics, from travel planning to politics, history, touring, wildlife, flora and fauna, cultural studies, human rights, cuisine, government, military matters, arts and crafts, sports and more information to learn about Brazil.

History of photography, early photographers and an overview of political history from my colleague, the Photography Guide.

Jorge Amado, Joyce Cavalccante, Joao Guimaraes Rosa, Vinicius de Moraes and others.

Infectious rhythms and a contagious beat - Brazilian spoken here.