Forró, a music style from Brazil’s Northeast, may be declared part of the country’s intangible heritage by 2020. The National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage, Iphan, is conducting a study ...
ON a recent dank and wintry Wednesday evening in Paris, couples jostled for every inch of an overcrowded dance floor at Bizz’Art, a dining and dancing club on the fringes of the chic Canal St. Martin ...
It’s 7pm but still sunny. On the plaza by the water, lots of couples are dancing; intricate steps and twirls and turns and hip swivels and joy and bodies in sync, as rhythmical accordion music plays ...
The traditional forró matrices may become Brazil's cultural heritage this Thursday (9). The decision will take place at the 99th meeting of the Advisory Council for Cultural Heritage, which will be ...