Guides

In-depth guides to the culture, festivals and traditions that make Brazil unique.

Carnival

The world's greatest celebration — four days of music, dance, color and community

A vast culinary landscape shaped by indigenous, African, European and immigrant traditions

Five biomes, 7,491 km of coastline and the greatest biodiversity on Earth

The jeitinho brasileiro, football religion and the art of living well

Forró, quadrilha, fire and the soul of the Brazilian Northeast

The Amazon's greatest spectacle — where folklore, music and jungle mythology collide

The world's second largest Oktoberfest — beer, polka and German culture deep in the Brazilian south