Clique aqui para Português The world watched on Friday as the Rio 2016 Olympics‘ opening ceremony took place in Maracanã stadium. Incredible fireworks, colorful costumes and smooth Bossa Nova filled the air. It was, in many people’s […]
Clique aqui para Português On June 23, the Largo do Cruzeiro square in Providencia in central Rio de Janeiro hosted the Festival Subindo a Ladeira (Climbing the Hill Festival), with groups from inside and outside the favela taking part. The […]
Clique aqui para Português The Aldeia Maracanã urban indigenous community once occupied the former Indigenous Museum next to the Maracanã stadium, where the 2016 Olympics opening ceremony will take place tomorrow. Home to the community from 2006 until […]
Clique aqui para Português Jacarezinho, a favela in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, was founded during the industrialization boom of the 1920s, which offered extensive employment and was the principal reason for the […]
Clique aqui para Português This past Friday, July 15, a group of around 70 community members and artists gathered at Arena Carioca Dicró in Penha, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone to discuss and recognize the contributions of women […]