Samba

12 Feb 2013

Rio’s Carnival festivities reached their crescendo late on Monday with a final night of samba school parades, part of a contest appropriately dubbed the greatest show on earth.

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Brazilian theme packs them in at Ivy Ball

22 Jun 2012

This year's Ivy Ball drew a record number of alumni from American Ivy League colleges and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Gala-goers give it up for change

24 Dec 2009

The Changing Young Lives Foundation threw its annual fund-raising dinner party at the Armani Bar last month.

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Carnival-type gala aims to keep roof over HK Dog Rescue

29 May 2008

Amid all the fund-raising campaigns to help Sichuan , there's another worthy benefit that deserves your attention. Sally Andersen (pictured) and the folks at Hong Kong Dog Rescue have been hard...

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Samba rhythms for charity

19 Oct 2007

The sounds of samba provided the soundtrack to the lively Foreign Correspondents' Club's ball on September 15 at the Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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Samba magic to dazzle with colourful show

7 Oct 2007

Brazilian dancers promise sizzling performance with hot rhythms, colourful plumes and costumes with a Vegas touch

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The story behind samba

Like the mambo and the salsa, the roots of the samba lie with the religious traditions and the people of West Africa, exported to Brazil with slavery in the years between 1600 and 1888.

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First Person

Brazilian-born Marisa Rabi has been performing the samba in Hong Kong for 18 years. Here she explains why taking part in next weekend's Lan Kwai Fong Carnival is one of the highlights of her year...

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Get on your feet fast if you want to join salsa contest

Good news if you've been a step behind in your dance practice. The deadline for registration in the Hong Kong Salsa Championship has been extended to Monday.

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Samba Goal by Various Artists

Fans beware - although two-time Fifa World Player of the Year Ronaldinho Gaucho's buck-toothed grin is on the CD cover, Samba Goal has little to do with the footballer himself.

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Samba sensation

For the past few months, Brazilian music and samba dancers seem to have claimed the streets in Chofu city, in western Tokyo, where I live.

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Worldbeat

What's going on around the globe

Every August, the streets of buttoned-down, uptight central Tokyo are invaded by the world's sexiest, coolest carnival and told to get funky. The...

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