This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). In the shuffling rhythms of samba, in its defiance and energy and lust for life, lies the soul of Rio de Janeiro. Samba is heard ...

Batala Philly is an all-volunteer drum troupe that promotes and shares Afro-Brazilian percussion. This fusion of Brazilian samba with Jamaican reggae is known as 'samba-reg', and Batala Philly teaches ...

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In the shuffling rhythms of samba, in its defiance and energy and lust for life, lies the soul of Rio de Janeiro. Samba is heard everywhere across the city, from the terraces of the Maracanã football ...