Marcos Odara has been playing the conga drums for 39 years and teaching for the last 20. Odara hails from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil and now calls Oakland home. The drum master teaches Brazilian ...

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (Reuters) - FIFA has banned samba drums from Brazil's World Cup stadiums but even though local authorities are not happy about it they say it will not diminish the atmosphere ...

Percussion-based music echoed in the streets as dancers and musicians from the Evanston Escola de Samba invited people to clap along with the beat. Dancers wearing bright pink, blue and orange ...

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Samba can’t be learned from a textbook alone. Brazil’s musical tradition is best understood first-hand and up close — close enough to feel the drumbeat reverberate inside you. “ It's like an ocean of ...

(Second in a series looking at local reaction to the World Cup.) They showed a World Cup match with Portuguese commentary on Tuesday. At least, that was the rumor. South Africa has its vuvuzelas, the ...

Luciano Xavier began drumming in his native Brazil before he was even tall enough to reach the top of a drum. At 4 years old, his godfather noticed his rhythmic ability and built him a special stand ...

Julia Lira, 7, dances during a rehearsal by the Viradouro samba school in Rio de Janeiro. AP RIO DE JANEIRO — She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a 7-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally ...

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, Dec 5 (Reuters) - FIFA has banned samba drums from Brazil's World Cup stadiums but even though local authorities are not happy about it they say it will not diminish the ...